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Chris, Issue has been fixed by delete both physical disk and then rebuild it all over again that's when I was able to chose between RAID-0/1. I have used the software you have suggested that did not solve the problem it gave me the same error message, I spend all my weekend to understand how this disk works. finally managed to read and solve the issue. Any body who face this issue just rebuild you drives all over again and that should solve the problem You have been very helpful, and would like to thank you so much for that. Top Man

One more thing if you look at option PD Mgmt it the states on the second physical disk is says SATA Foreign how do we bring it online same as disk 1. That may help you to understand even more

When you look at the raid option it shows gray which means I can not highlight it. In order for me to highlight and to make changes it need to have it as white color then I can change the raid-0 to Raid-1. not only that I am having a problem with the second drive I can see it on the RAID controller. the disk is there put you can't do anything to it, that reduces to 460mb size rather then 930mb which is almost to 1 TB. Any idea why this is like this? I hope install vmware/dell option will resolve this issue and get all me 930mb disk Doing initialization on virtual disk is it necessary to do it? Thanks for the quick respond

This is the Vmware which I have used I downloaded from Vmware web site {VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0.update03-800380.x86_64}. Your one is different and it's used for Dell server I will try this option and will let you know the outcome. Since I am not expert on Dell server I can get into RIAD controller but unable to select it or unable to make any changes what is the processes to go about this issue, I will delete what ever I got in it. and start the process all over again, can you please advice me how to delete the RAID-0 from Dell 1950? Do I have to first bring it offline and then delete it...... Many Thanks I really appreciate all your effort

I'm installing Vmware which I have downloaded from vmware web site it's 4.1 I believe it's full version trail one. I am not able to see my hard disk and the installation fails and the error message is unable to see hard disk. If I go raid controller screen it shows Raid-0 is states is offline and the virtual disk 0 show up red. Please advice your what you think Many Thanks

Hi dear friend I'm glad I came to this link, I am having the same issue as well could you please very kindly advice me how did you solve this problem, I have seen SYNACK reply and I have downloaded the first software and connect it through DRAC network card going through media and then select ISO image, which I have downloaded from Dell it seems like is not connecting, Please advice how did you over come this problem and what steps did you follow, I got the same server as you do Dell Poweredge 1950 quad core 16G ram 3,5 SATA 2 x 500 total 930, 2 ghz, I been having a lot of problem mounting my Vmware, it complain about the HDD not available. Many Thanks in advance