RAID 1 to RAID 0 migration issues

I am having problems with my recent migration from RAID1 to RAID0 and was
wondering whether anyone could help? I am here due to Intel's lack of
support.

Although the Intel Matrix Storage Console reports the correct size and
combines both HD's, the OS does not report this increased size. Windows
reports the original size when it was a RAID1 volume. Can anyone tell me
what might be going on?

I originally downgraded from RAID1 (by doing a <CNTL-I> on boot) and deleted
the volume leaving me with two identical drives. I then deleted all data on
one drive. Then I went into Intel Matrix Storage Console and created a new
RAID0 volume and started the building of the volume. After this, the size
remained the same. Array 1, which includes Hard Drive 1 and Hard Drive 3 are
the culprits.

Thanks for any help. I would hate to waist 232 GB of HD space.

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Here are some of the settings:

OS Name: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz
BIOS Version/Date: Dell Inc. A03, 10/11/2004

Array 0
Status: No active migration(s)
Hard Drive Write Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 298 GB
Free Space: 0 GB
Number of Hard Drives: 2
Hard Drive Member 1: ST3160023AS
Hard Drive Member 2: ST3160023AS
Number of Volumes: 1
Volume Member 1: ARRAY

Array 1
Status: No active migration(s)
Hard Drive Write Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 465.7 GB
Free Space: 0 GB
Number of Hard Drives: 2
Hard Drive Member 1: WDC WD2500JD-75HBB0
Hard Drive Member 2: WDC WD2500JD-75HBB0
Number of Volumes: 1
Volume Member 1: RAID_Volume0

Volume 0
Status: Normal
System Volume: Yes
RAID Level: RAID 1 (mirroring)
Size: 149 GB
Number of Hard Drives: 2
Hard Drive Member 1: ST3160023AS
Hard Drive Member 2: ST3160023AS
Parent Array: Array 0

Volume 1
Status: Normal
System Volume: No
RAID Level: RAID 0 (striping)
Strip Size: 128 KB
Size: 465.7 GB
Number of Hard Drives: 2
Hard Drive Member 1: WDC WD2500JD-75HBB0
Hard Drive Member 2: WDC WD2500JD-75HBB0
Parent Array: Array 1

Hard Drive 0
Usage: Array member
Status: Normal
Device Port: 0
Current Serial ATA Transfer Mode: Generation 1
Model: ST3160023AS
Serial Number: 5MT07CEE
Firmware: 8.12
Native Command Queuing Support: Yes
Hard Drive Write Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 149 GB
Number of Volumes: 1
Volume Member 1: ARRAY
Parent Array: Array 0

Hard Drive 1
Usage: Array member
Status: Normal
Device Port: 1
Current Serial ATA Transfer Mode: Generation 1
Model: WDC WD2500JD-75HBB0
Serial Number: WD-WCAL72750345
Firmware: 08.02D08
Native Command Queuing Support: No
Hard Drive Write Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 232.8 GB
Number of Volumes: 1
Volume Member 1: RAID_Volume0
Parent Array: Array 1

Hard Drive 2
Usage: Array member
Status: Normal
Device Port: 2
Current Serial ATA Transfer Mode: Generation 1
Model: ST3160023AS
Serial Number: 5MT07CGW
Firmware: 8.12
Native Command Queuing Support: Yes
Hard Drive Write Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 149 GB
Number of Volumes: 1
Volume Member 1: ARRAY
Parent Array: Array 0

Hard Drive 3
Usage: Array member
Status: Normal
Device Port: 3
Current Serial ATA Transfer Mode: Generation 1
Model: WDC WD2500JD-75HBB0
Serial Number: WD-WCAL72774537
Firmware: 08.02D08
Native Command Queuing Support: No
Hard Drive Write Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 232.8 GB
Number of Volumes: 1
Volume Member 1: RAID_Volume0
Parent Array: Array 1


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