RAID Doest Not Show up in Windows Computer

RAID Array Does Not Show up in My Windows 7 Computer?

"Hello, I do have two WD 1TB hard drives used on a RAID array on my Windows XP computer. And then, before I upgrade the OS of this computer from this Windows XP to Windows 7, I do have unplugged this RAID array and installed it to another Windows 7 computer. However, after inserting this RAID array well to this new computer well, I just find this RAID doesn�t show up in this computer. Honestly, after several checking, I just find it can be seen in both of the BIOS interface and Windows Device Manager. But, neither of these two hard drives inside this RAID array could be shown in MY Computer so that I even cannot access them and inner stored data till now. Do you have any idea about my RAID problems? Have I set it up there incorrectly? What can I do now to let the computer recognize it functionally? Thanks for any idea here!"

Hello, friends! Have you resolved your RAID array hard drive problems successfully? If not, no worry. From your description, your RAID problems may not be as terrible as you think. Go read the below article to see what you can do now:

Have You Downloaded a Driver to Set Up This RAID on Your Windows 7 PC?

Have you ever tried to install or use RAID hard drives on this new Windows 7 computer before? How did you set up your RAID hard drives last time? Have you download and update your RAID hard drive driver timely? In fact, like setting up a internal hard disk on your PC, when trying to use and set up a RAID array, you do need to download and install a driver there. Hence, if you do have never ever used or set up a RAID driver there before, immediately select and download one there. Merely open Google and search "intel rste driver" or "rste driver" to pick a compatible one. Of course, if you do have ever applied a RAID array there and installed a driver well there, in case that the established one is outdated, also download and install the updates well. And then, reboot your PC and see whether they will show up in My Computer of your PC.

Have You Checked Disk Management to See Whether They Are Activated Well There?

If your RAID hard drives still cannot show up in My Computer Window after applying a RAID driver there well, you may immediately go to Disk Management interface and see whether your two hard disks are displayed well there. Do these two RAID hard drives have been assigned with a drive letter there? If not, immediately right click them there to add a new letter for them. If these two hard drives just show as RAW file system or not initialized or not formatted, you�d better not rush to format or initialize them before you smoothly recover any important data back from these two hard drives.

Please Note:

*As with RAW file system hard disk problems and not formatted hard disk problems, before formatting these drives to wipe everything inside, you are supposed to apply hard disk data recovery software to rescue desired data back at first.

*In order to convert RAW to NTFS for restoring the common use of these two hard disks, also remember to format them after data recovery processes.

Have You Partitioned and Formatted These Two RAID Hard Drives Well Then?

Have you partitioned and formatted this two RAID hard drives well in advance before you try to use and access them on your Windows computer? In fact, in order to avoid farther troubles, make full use the space of your RAID hard drives well and manage the future data orderly, you are also suggested to partition and format these two hard disks well latter. Really don�t know such knowledge and straightly attempt to access them? OK! No worry. After backing up everything important well to another storage device, go partition these two drives into several ones and also format them well for the near future use.

Please Note:

*If you also do have no idea about hard disk partitioning stuffs, go download reliable drive partition software to help you. Of course, if you do have or know some computer experts, also go let them help you or give you some useful software recommendations.

*No matter which ways you choose to partition these two RAID hard drives, you�d better extract all precious or valuable files, folders, photos, games and the like stuffs and make data backups on other available storage devices well in case of unexpected data loss troubles.

Have You Consulted Some Hard Disk Experts for Help?

In these days, not all computers support RAID hard disks and not all computers that have ever used RAID hard drives support all type of RAID hard disks. Hence, even when the new Windows 7 computer really has ever been installed and used a RAID array there, that doesn�t indicate it will also recognize and read this newly inserted RAID array well. Different conditions of the RAID hard drive owners may have distinct problems. If all these suggestions mentioned above also cannot resolve your RAID issues, you�d better immediately consult some experts for help. Overall, no matter what they suggest you do, always remember to rescue your RAID hard disk data out firstly. In the future, no matter you use the common internal hard disks or RAID hard disks, always create data backups on other drives or locations well all the time.

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How to Set Up a New Hard Drive on Your Computer?

Need Set Up a New Hard Drive on My Windows Computer?

"Hello, what can I do to set up a new hard disk on my computer to instead an old and died HD? In fact, I have used this old HD on this Windows 7 desktop computer for several years and find it recently gets too many bad sectors which extremely negatively affect the computer performance. Yesterdays, the computer even shut down and restarted several times in only one hour. Therefore, I have planed to purchase a new internal hard disk to replace it there. But, I know not much about the computer hard disk and have no idea about how to set it up well on this computer. Do you get any clue to help me? Is it possible to set up this drive well there and also lose no data? Thanks for any help!"

Hello, friends! It is not difficult for people to set up a new hard drive on a Windows 7 computer without losing data. You are supposed to act carefully all the time. Go read the step-by-step tutorial below:

How to Set Up a New Hard Drive without Losing Old Computer Data?

In order to let your newly purchased hard disk work well on the Windows 7 computer and also cause no data loss, except plugging this hard disk and mounting it there, you also have far more steps to follow:

Step1. Back up everything Important to another storage device.

In order not to lose anything original, you are supposed to extract everything important out and save it all on another storage device at first. Is the "died" old internal hard disk still recognizable on your computer? If it is readable there, merely prepare another external drive or flash drive with enough free space and move everything important there in case that anything crucial would be deleted, lost or missing due to the latter operations. But, if this old drive cannot be accessed since the disk is not formatted or disk is in RAW format and asks to format or others, you�d better apply hard disk data recovery software to scan and recover original hard disk data as much as possible. However, if your old hard disk is not even detected on any computer, you�d better send it to data recovery companies or agencies to take all recoverable data back.

Please Note: No matter what your case is, always recover desired data to a different storage device in case of data recovery failures.

Step2. Check hard drive compatibility and computer configurations well. 

Have you already purchased a new internal hard disk for this computer? If so, you�d better first check your computer configurations well and see whether it is compatible with your PC. For example, merely check whether the hard disk USB port is compatible with your computer USB port, whether this new hard disk capacity is larger than the maximum internal hard drive size, and whether this hard disk has been designed with a compatible file system type, like NTFS or FAT32, etc. If anyone of these elements is incompatible with your PC, you�d better contact the sellers and change another compatible one as soon as possible in case of potential errors. Of course, if you have not bought a new one yet, go select one according to your computer configurations carefully.

Step3. Plug hard disk well and Install computer OS well.

And then, now, you are supposed to connect this new hard disk to your computer and install the computer OS well there. Merely connect it to your computer with the computer USB port and install your Windows 7 OS there again. Of course, if you do need to change another Windows version there, also remember to download a virus-free one copy from the safe sites or locations. Also download and install the updates, if it is possible.

Please Note: If you do have no any experience about computer OS installation and also have no any knowledge related, always go find some experts for help in case of any potential OS problems in the future.

Step4. Partition and format it well there.

Up to now, to use your installed hard disk well as before, you are also supposed to partition this drive into several ones as well as formatting these newly created partitions well for near future use. To partition this mounted HD, you�d better download drive partitioning software to help you. And then, also format these partitions (except the C partition or system partition) into a compatible file system type so that you can straightly use them to hold and manager your computer data well.

Please Note:

*If you do have find a expert to help you install the OS well and also ask him/her to partition it for you in case of any farther issues. After all, he/she knows much more knowledge related than you in this aspect, right?

*Please do not format the system partition after partitioning processes.

Step5. Set this hard disk as the first boot item in BIOS interface.

And then, in order to let your computer boot properly after changing the only one computer hard disk, you are also supposed to set the BIOS boot device correspondingly. Merely power on your PC and click Esc button on your keyboard till the computer BIOS Setup Utility interface shows on your computer screen. And then, choose Advanced BIOS Features to highlight Hard Disk Boot Priority and set your newly connected HD as the first boot item there. And then, press Esc button again to get back and go reboot your PC.

Please Note:

* Up to now, you can freely copy the necessary data back from the backup storage device when your computer boot up smoothly.

*In the future, also make computer data backups well all the time to avoid any unexpected data loss issues.

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