Comments on: Building a Gigging PC, Pt. II: RAID Setup, Installing Windows XP Without Bloat http://createdigitalmotion.com/2006/07/12/building-a-gigging-pc-pt-ii-raid-setup-installing-windows-xp-without-bloat/ Motion graphics, live visuals, VJing, video production, and interactive art Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:49:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: James Ray http://createdigitalmotion.com/2006/07/12/building-a-gigging-pc-pt-ii-raid-setup-installing-windows-xp-without-bloat/#comment-42871 James Ray Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:46:53 +0000 http://createdigitalmotion.com/2006/07/12/building-a-gigging-pc-pt-ii-raid-setup-installing-windows-xp-without-bloat/#comment-42871 SOMEONE PLEASE HELP I have 4 500 gig sata hdD and 1 400 gig sata for windows and other software. The 4 500 gig I striped together using nvidia onboard controller, to make a video drive. I dont wont this to be a bootable disc. Now I have a 1.8 TB array that is not bootable. I load Windows XP pro on the 400 gig. So far so good. This worked great for 2 months and all of a sudden, my 1.8 TB disc became a bootable drive, and windows will not boot up. Someone please help! Ill Thank you now. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP

I have 4 500 gig sata hdD and 1 400 gig sata for windows and other software. The 4 500 gig I striped together using nvidia onboard controller, to make a video drive. I dont wont this to be a bootable disc. Now I have a 1.8 TB array that is not bootable. I load Windows XP pro on the 400 gig. So far so good. This worked great for 2 months and all of a sudden, my 1.8 TB disc became a bootable drive, and windows will not boot up. Someone please help! Ill Thank you now.

]]> By: Create Digital Motion » HDV Device Problems? The Culprit Might Just Be Windows http://createdigitalmotion.com/2006/07/12/building-a-gigging-pc-pt-ii-raid-setup-installing-windows-xp-without-bloat/#comment-41682 Create Digital Motion » HDV Device Problems? The Culprit Might Just Be Windows Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:16:34 +0000 http://createdigitalmotion.com/2006/07/12/building-a-gigging-pc-pt-ii-raid-setup-installing-windows-xp-without-bloat/#comment-41682 [...] Which is where my problems started. Like Peter I chose to go with a sleek, bloat-free Windows XP installation. After the install completed I installed various software and drivers and all was fine, until I plugged my camera in on HDV mode. Set to DV everything was fine, the appropriate driver was auto-installed in seconds. However, when set to HDV 1080 mode the driver install process would try to install an “AV/C Subunit” device, be unable to find an appropriate driver, and fail. Repeatedly. I found multitudinous descriptions of the problem and followed various “solutions” to no avail. [...] [...] Which is where my problems started. Like Peter I chose to go with a sleek, bloat-free Windows XP installation. After the install completed I installed various software and drivers and all was fine, until I plugged my camera in on HDV mode. Set to DV everything was fine, the appropriate driver was auto-installed in seconds. However, when set to HDV 1080 mode the driver install process would try to install an “AV/C Subunit” device, be unable to find an appropriate driver, and fail. Repeatedly. I found multitudinous descriptions of the problem and followed various “solutions” to no avail. [...]

]]> By: Create Digital Music » This Week on Create Digital Motion http://createdigitalmotion.com/2006/07/12/building-a-gigging-pc-pt-ii-raid-setup-installing-windows-xp-without-bloat/#comment-177 Create Digital Music » This Week on Create Digital Motion Mon, 24 Jul 2006 03:24:20 +0000 http://createdigitalmotion.com/2006/07/12/building-a-gigging-pc-pt-ii-raid-setup-installing-windows-xp-without-bloat/#comment-177 [...] In part II on my series for building a Small Form Factor PC for gigs, I discuss some tips for removing Windows bloat, something that’s sure to appeal to Windows music users, too. (I’m about to do my first music gig with the same machine Tuesday, so we’ll see what happens — first, I need to improve disk performance in Kontakt, but that’s another story.) [...] [...] In part II on my series for building a Small Form Factor PC for gigs, I discuss some tips for removing Windows bloat, something that’s sure to appeal to Windows music users, too. (I’m about to do my first music gig with the same machine Tuesday, so we’ll see what happens — first, I need to improve disk performance in Kontakt, but that’s another story.) [...]

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