The following worked on System A: I had XP Pro SP3 installed and running on a normal, 
standalone SATA disk.  I decided I wanted to move it to a RAID 0 storage set to increase 
performance, so I updated and installed all the RAID chipset and RAID drivers and 
such that I knew I'd need to run XP on the RAID, onto the existing XP system FIRST. 
 Then I enabled the RAID controller in the BIOS and created a RAID 0 array, after 
which I used Acronis Disk Director v10 to copy all the partitions from the old standalone 
disk to the RAID array, then removed the source disk, leaving only the RAID array.

It worked perfectly, right from first boot.  Hooray!

So next I did the same exact thing for System B: Installed all the drivers XP would 
need to run on a RAID array, enabled the RAID controller, created a RAID 0 array, 
and again used DD 10 to copy the partitions to the RAID array.

Only THIS time, it would NOT boot.  I didn't get a BSOD, I didn't get a crash.  Instead, 
I saw a few blank lines (the implied cursor moved down the left side of the screen 
several times), and nothing else.  It just sat there.

Here are the RAID differences between the two systems: System A is hosted on an Intel 
DQ35MP mobo which supports RAID with its onboard Intel ICH9-based chipset.  While 
System B's mobo is an ASUS P5WDG2 WorkStation Pro, which has two RAID chipsets: (1): 
An onboard Intel ICH7R Southbridge for Intel RAID support (which I must not use with 
my configuration for technical reasons), and (2): An onboard Marvell 88SE614x (I 
think "x" is 5 in my case) SATAII-RAID chipset.   I enabled it in the system BIOS 
and set up System B's RAID array on the Marvell adapter.

*SO*: What might I be doing wrong?  I'd very much appreciate any solutions or suggestions.

Also, does anyone know where I can find the latest Marvell 88SE614x driver and related 
software, especially the latest "Marvell RAID Utility (MRU)?   Marvell's web site 
doesn't provide *ANYTHING* other than their LAN product's drivers!  All the rest 
of what I can find using Google appears to be for other Marvell RAID products, or 
at least other versions than the Marvell 88SE614x (for some reason, many people use 
alternative names for the 88SE614x).  The ASUS web sites haven't helped me much regarding 
Marvell's 88SE614x, although it would appear to an average person as if there's quite 
a bit of Marvell RAID drivers and support on my Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro mobo's download 
page...

Thanks for reading all that, many thanks who try to help!

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re: XP Pro moved to RAID 0 Diskset will NOT boot! Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 6:11 pm Posted by Ricer46 (23825 messages posted) Should get the driver's from the motherboard's web page, not the chipset supplier. I'm really surprised that it even worked once. On Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 4:15 pm, spection wrote: >The following worked on System A: I had XP Pro SP3 installed and running on a normal, >standalone SATA disk. I decided I wanted to move it to a RAID 0 storage set to increase >performance, so I updated and installed all the RAID chipset and RAID drivers and >such that I knew I'd need to run XP on the RAID, onto the existing XP system FIRST. > Then I enabled the RAID controller in the BIOS and created a RAID 0 array, after >which I used Acronis Disk Director v10 to copy all the partitions from the old standalone >disk to the RAID array, then removed the source disk, leaving only the RAID array. > >It worked perfectly, right from first boot. Hooray! > >So next I did the same exact thing for System B: Installed all the drivers XP would >need to run on a RAID array, enabled the RAID controller, created a RAID 0 array, >and again used DD 10 to copy the partitions to the RAID array. > >Only THIS time, it would NOT boot. I didn't get a BSOD, I didn't get a crash. Instead, >I saw a few blank lines (the implied cursor moved down the left side of the screen >several times), and nothing else. It just sat there. > >Here are the RAID differences between the two systems: System A is hosted on an Intel >DQ35MP mobo which supports RAID with its onboard Intel ICH9-based chipset. While >System B's mobo is an ASUS P5WDG2 WorkStation Pro, which has two RAID chipsets: (1): >An onboard Intel ICH7R Southbridge for Intel RAID support (which I must not use with >my configuration for technical reasons), and (2): An onboard Marvell 88SE614x (I >think "x" is 5 in my case) SATAII-RAID chipset. I enabled it in the system BIOS >and set up System B's RAID array on the Marvell adapter. > >*SO*: What might I be doing wrong? I'd very much appreciate any solutions or suggestions. > >Also, does anyone know where I can find the latest Marvell 88SE614x driver and related >software, especially the latest "Marvell RAID Utility (MRU)? Marvell's web site >doesn't provide *ANYTHING* other than their LAN product's drivers! All the rest >of what I can find using Google appears to be for other Marvell RAID products, or >at least other versions than the Marvell 88SE614x (for some reason, many people use >alternative names for the 88SE614x). The ASUS web sites haven't helped me much regarding >Marvell's 88SE614x, although it would appear to an average person as if there's quite >a bit of Marvell RAID drivers and support on my Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro mobo's download >page... > >Thanks for reading all that, many thanks who try to help! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: XP Pro moved to RAID 0 Diskset will NOT boot! Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 8:32 pm Posted by spection (22 messages posted) On Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 6:11 pm, Ricer46 wrote: >Should get the driver's from the motherboard's web page, not the chipset supplier. >I'm really surprised that it even worked once. I have read several of your replies to other posters, Ricer46, and I'm afraid I must say that you seldom choose to invest much effort reading their questions in full before replying. Several times now I've seen the original poster write something like "I tried X and I tried Y, but it didn't work", whereupon you'd express some snarkiness or condescension and write in response something like "if you had any brains, you would have tried X or Y" -- in other words, you'd criticize them for not trying exactly what they've *already* tried without success! You repeat your common pattern here with your reply (above) to my OP. At one point in my OP, I wrote: "So next I did the same exact thing for System B: Installed all the drivers XP would need to run on a RAID array..." What evidence can you cite or logical reason can you give for blatantly assuming (entirely falsely and unjustifiably) that I did NOT obtain "the drivers XP would need to run on a RAID array" PRECISELY from "the motherboard's web page"? Because that's just exactly what I did -- in both cases! Note also that later in my OP, I stated: "The ASUS [the second system's motherboard manufacturer] web sites haven't helped me much regarding Marvell's 88SE614x, although it would appear to an average person as if there's quite a bit of Marvell RAID drivers and support on my Asus P5WDG2 WS Pro mobo's download page..." Once again, I had already made it quite clear that I had ALREADY obtained "the driver's [sic] from the motherboard's web page, not the chipset supplier". Finally, you wrote in your reply that: "I'm really surprised that it even worked once". That statement, sir or madam, is quite the non sequitur. From your words, it follows logically that the "surprise" you spoke of can only refer to your quite erroneous assumption that I had NOT obtained the necessary RAID drivers from that system's (Intel) motherboard page! Yet, if you had actually read my OP with any care, you could never have arrived at the bizarre conclusion that I had NOT done exactly that. Having seen this happen to others you interact with, Ricer46, I respectfully ask that you do not respond to ANY of my posts or threads in the future. I think it would be best if we simply never interact again. Thank you, Spection [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum