xp pro duplicating drives on computer

First let me be clear I am a noobie / hobbyist when it comes to building and
programming computers so please be patient with me.

I'm having a problem with my computer rig. Recently received a small multi
drive unit. At first everything worked flawlessly. Now Xp is creating
duplicate or mirroring the drives in the small multi drive unit. So instead
of having 5 drives it's listing 10 in the windows explorer.

I went into computer management window and entered the drive management
screen. All five are listed and are not duplicated. How can I get XP to
recognize only the five drives without having to wipe the drives, backing up
by buying a external drive, or canning the drives all together. Problem is
there is a ton of data on each drive. I don't want to lose the data?

A friend explained it may be the raid parameters are off. However when in
the bios I can't find the screen letting me adjust it.

Here's my specs at a glance

Master unit:

Biostar m7ncd motherboard
AMD athlon 2200 cpu
1.5 gig ram
hp 420n rw-dvd
generic rw-dvd
XFX geforce 5500 128mb
audicy platinum ex
adaptec 160 pin scsi adapter

slave unit:

5 multiple drives 30-75gig each
separate power source

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:33:01 -0700, gianucci
wrote:

First let me be clear I am a noobie / hobbyist when it comes to building and
programming computers so please be patient with me.

I'm having a problem with my computer rig. Recently received a small multi
drive unit. At first everything worked flawlessly. Now Xp is creating
duplicate or mirroring the drives in the small multi drive unit. So instead
of having 5 drives it's listing 10 in the windows explorer.

I went into computer management window and entered the drive management
screen. All five are listed and are not duplicated. How can I get XP to
recognize only the five drives without having to wipe the drives, backing up
by buying a external drive, or canning the drives all together. Problem is
there is a ton of data on each drive. I don't want to lose the data?

A friend explained it may be the raid parameters are off. However when in
the bios I can't find the screen letting me adjust it.

Here's my specs at a glance

Master unit:

Biostar m7ncd motherboard
AMD athlon 2200 cpu
1.5 gig ram
hp 420n rw-dvd
generic rw-dvd
XFX geforce 5500 128mb
audicy platinum ex
adaptec 160 pin scsi adapter

slave unit:

5 multiple drives 30-75gig each
separate power source

With respect , if you are a noobie ; why a raid array ?

1st read the owners manual.Then chk out the pc BIOS & confirm that
RAID is activated,plus set to use with IDE devices if you have them.Once
thru,on all pc starts and pc restarts,the RAID utility is shown,press the
correct keys & enter it.Also,since RAID probably isnt running,once youve
set the pc for it,install the RAID software,this gives all the settings for
you
to see + you'll need the drivers for xp...

"gianucci" wrote:

First let me be clear I am a noobie / hobbyist when it comes to building and
programming computers so please be patient with me.

I'm having a problem with my computer rig. Recently received a small multi
drive unit. At first everything worked flawlessly. Now Xp is creating
duplicate or mirroring the drives in the small multi drive unit. So instead
of having 5 drives it's listing 10 in the windows explorer.

I went into computer management window and entered the drive management
screen. All five are listed and are not duplicated. How can I get XP to
recognize only the five drives without having to wipe the drives, backing up
by buying a external drive, or canning the drives all together. Problem is
there is a ton of data on each drive. I don't want to lose the data?

A friend explained it may be the raid parameters are off. However when in
the bios I can't find the screen letting me adjust it.

Here's my specs at a glance

Master unit:

Biostar m7ncd motherboard
AMD athlon 2200 cpu
1.5 gig ram
hp 420n rw-dvd
generic rw-dvd
XFX geforce 5500 128mb
audicy platinum ex
adaptec 160 pin scsi adapter

slave unit:

5 multiple drives 30-75gig each
separate power source