K9N2 SLI Plat MS7374 Plat - Setup Raid 1 on SATA 5 & 6 Ports

Hello again,
It has been quite some since I was on the board, but you really helped me out last time. 
I have 2 Seagate 500GB 2.5" drives I would like to setup a Raid 1 configuration on SATA 5 & 6.  Currently one is my boot drive (SATA 1) and the other drive (SATA 2) has not been partitioned or formated.  I say this because, Diskpart can see both drives but Disk Manager cannot see the new drive on SATA 2.  I am guessing I will have to partition it and make it a primary & active partition then NTFS format the second drive.
I am not understanding the manual that came with my board.  I have never set up a raid configuration before.  Can I get a blow by blow or pointed to a good manual on how to get this done?  At what point do I move the drives to the SATA 5 & 6 ports? 
Thanks so much!
Regards,
ManDown
Manufacturer:   Custom Built
Motherboard:   MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard MS-7374-010 nForce 750a SLI Chipset, Supports Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3 CPUs
BIOS V/Date:   American Megatrends Inc. V3.5, 5/6/2009
Processor:    AMD Phenom II X4 940 Processor (Dened), OC 3.5GHz
Memory:            8.00GB G.Skill 4X2GB DDR2 1066, Dual Channel, PC2 8500, OC 1066
SATA Ports:   1 IDE to 2 SATA Internal Adapter, 6 SATA II ports by NVIDIA® nForce 750a SLI, 2 eSATA II ports by JMicron JMB363, Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3Gb/s 
PCI-E Slots:   2 x16 Express, 1 Express x1, 2 PCI 3.3/5V bus interface
USB 2.0:           3 Internal, 8 External, 4 Ext 1 Int PCI Card Port Connectors
IEEE1394:           Chipset integrated by VIA® VT6308P
NIC:                  Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8211BL
Video:               EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Superclocked 1053 MHz 1GB AGEIA PhysX
Sound:            Realtek ALC888 HDA On-Board 8-channel audio with jack sensing]
Hard Drive:       2 x 500GB 2.5 Seagates, 1 x 300GB WD VelociRaptor, 1 x 250GB, 1 x 1TB E-SATA
CD/DVD:          1 Plextor PX- L890SA 24x, 1 LG GH22LS30 22x DVD±RW With LightScribe
Monitor:           2 Acer 22", 1 Samsung 22” Widescreens
Speakers:         Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers         
Headset:          Fatal1ty (Creative USB Headset)
Keyboard:        Logitech G110
Mouse:             Logitech G500
Case:          Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000 Full Tower
OS:                  Windows 7 Professional 64-bit V6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)

Hello again,
It has been quite some since I was on the board, but you really helped me out last time. 
I have 2 Seagate 500GB 2.5" drives I would like to setup a Raid 1 configuration on SATA 5 & 6.  Currently one is my boot drive (SATA 1) and the other drive (SATA 2) has not been partitioned or formated.  I say this because, Diskpart can see both drives but Disk Manager cannot see the new drive on SATA 2.  I am guessing I will have to partition it and make it a primary & active partition then NTFS format the second drive.
I am not understanding the manual that came with my board.  I have never set up a raid configuration before.  Can I get a blow by blow or pointed to a good manual on how to get this done?  At what point do I move the drives to the SATA 5 & 6 ports? 
Thanks so much!
Regards,
ManDown
Manufacturer:   Custom Built
Motherboard:   MSI K9N2 SLI Platinum Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard MS-7374-010 nForce 750a SLI Chipset, Supports Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3 CPUs
BIOS V/Date:   American Megatrends Inc. V3.5, 5/6/2009
Processor:    AMD Phenom II X4 940 Processor (Dened), OC 3.5GHz
Memory:            8.00GB G.Skill 4X2GB DDR2 1066, Dual Channel, PC2 8500, OC 1066
SATA Ports:   1 IDE to 2 SATA Internal Adapter, 6 SATA II ports by NVIDIA® nForce 750a SLI, 2 eSATA II ports by JMicron JMB363, Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3Gb/s 
PCI-E Slots:   2 x16 Express, 1 Express x1, 2 PCI 3.3/5V bus interface
USB 2.0:           3 Internal, 8 External, 4 Ext 1 Int PCI Card Port Connectors
IEEE1394:           Chipset integrated by VIA® VT6308P
NIC:                  Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8211BL
Video:               EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Superclocked 1053 MHz 1GB AGEIA PhysX
Sound:            Realtek ALC888 HDA On-Board 8-channel audio with jack sensing]
Hard Drive:       2 x 500GB 2.5 Seagates, 1 x 300GB WD VelociRaptor, 1 x 250GB, 1 x 1TB E-SATA
CD/DVD:          1 Plextor PX- L890SA 24x, 1 LG GH22LS30 22x DVD±RW With LightScribe
Monitor:           2 Acer 22", 1 Samsung 22” Widescreens
Speakers:         Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers         
Headset:          Fatal1ty (Creative USB Headset)
Keyboard:        Logitech G110
Mouse:             Logitech G500
Case:          Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000 Full Tower
OS:                  Windows 7 Professional 64-bit V6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)

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