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How do you remove RAID from an 8890?

post #1 of 5
7/19/06 at 11:43pm
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One of my RAID'ed hard drives just failed and would like to revert to standard non-RAID with the good remaining hard drive. The good hard drive is in the master location with no jumpers and I have removed the bad hard drive. Went into the bios but it seems to be stuck in RAID mode. I looked all inside the 8890 and didn't see any "switches" that I remember reading about. I am ready with a fresh Win XP disc and startup discs etc. but the computer doesn't recognize the remaining drive now. I would like to format it but when in DOS with the A:\ prompt, can't "format c:" since the computer doesn't know it's there or understand, assuming because of the RAID controller but not sure. Also tried location d and e etc. to no avail.
So how do I revert the RAID'ed 8890 to no RAID?
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post #2 of 5
7/20/06 at 2:03pm
Look here: http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...highlight=8890

If you need the manual it can be found here: http://www.eurocom.com/

You need to install specific drivers for the Non-raid configuration (as well as the raid one). The formatting and FDISK should be accomplished by the O/S installation CD.

Then Support and select D800 Dream Machine.
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post #3 of 5
7/20/06 at 3:40pm
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Thanks.
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post #4 of 5
7/23/06 at 10:03pm
omg - my old thread still lives...
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post #5 of 5
7/23/06 at 10:14pm
You bet - it will probably survive you...
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