"Richard" wrote in message
et...
Ok..I'm building anew system. I put 2 WD 120's (one is master 1 is slave)
in
series and plugged into the Raid_PR1 slot. I boot; walk thru Bios ok. I
then
press Tab and use the Via software to set up my Raid. I have several
issues
I could really use help on:

1. I would like to use the Raid 0/1 but it's grayed out. Thoughts?

If it's what I think it is (stripe and mirror), you need at least four hard
drives for this. With two drives, you'll need to decide whether you want
speed (RAID 0), or mirrored reliability (RAID 1).

2. I then chose the Raid 0 for performance and set the block's at 32

3. I select the HD array.

4. I exit the Via config software and then re-boot with the XP Pro CD in
the
master CD/DVD drive

5. The OS setup load the various drivers.

6. I tell it to install and the OS setup says there are no HD's.

Yup. It will say exactly this (after making you go through a few minutes of
setup) if you don't press F6 and install the RAID drivers when loading XP at
first. There will be a message at the bottom of the screen saying something
like "Press F6 to install RAID or third-party drivers". At some point (not
immediately, IIRC), it will *then* ask for the drivers (mine have always
been floppies for controllers like Adaptec 2100 and 2110, but yours are
on-board). Load them, then select the controller (if there's more than
one).

THEN it should be OK!

HTH...