Quote Originally Posted by sunnyoc View Post
Hi,

I have this interesting situation. I have been using Abit IP 35 Pro for almost a year. I had 2 500GB hard drives in RAID 1 configuration (made 2 partitions one for system and another for other stuff). I recently purchased a 640gb WD drive and also wants to use this drive in the computer. This is the configuration I want to use:

640 GB WD drive as C - SYSTEM drive (around 100gb)
as D - DOWNLOADS (around 500gb)
2 500 GB drives in RAID 1 for PERSONAL stuff. I have been trying to set up like this and I am not able to do so. How can I get this configuration to work (will it work or it won't). When I set the RAID 1 volume and it gives me Bootable and there is no way I can not make unbootable. I have changed the priority in hard drive so that 640gb WD drive is the first bootable drive and then the SATA dvd writer (SAMSUNG). It doesnt allow me to boot from the cd (dvd) drive. This is what I have now:

SATA 1 Channel : SEAGATE 500gb
SATA 2 Channel : Samsung DVD Writer
SATA 3 Channel : Samsung 500gb
SATA 4 Channel : Western Digital 640 gb

How do I make the dvd writer the first bootable drive?
How do I make the RAID 1 for 2 500gb drives and load OS on 640gb drive(tried doing that but its just rebooting after splashing the XP boot screen?

Help me.
thanks
sunny

you need to move the DVD drive to either Sata 5 or 6.

now move your raid drives to Sata 1 & 2

single drive to Sata 3

good luck!