Msi neo platinum with raid setup wont reconize my slave ide drive

I am running a pair of raptor 36.7 gig hd in raid and i also have a wd 160 hd for just storage.The computer runs great but when i hook up the 160 i go in to cmos and it will detect it.Then i save it to cmos and boot.Well when i  go in to my computer there is only my C drive which is my raptors.I have changed cable,jumpers u name it.I have the latest bios update as well.

Have you partitioned and formatted it?
If it's not formatted, windows won't see it.
In XP, start run and type diskmgmt.msc
When Disk Management opens, a wizard may appear entitled: Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard.
Note: You must use this wizard to write a Signature to the drive otherwise, the drive will not work with Windows XP. If the wizard does not appear, you may need to manually complete this process following the steps below
Right click on the name of the drive to be initialized. (Drives are numbered as follows: drive 0 being the boot drive and drive 1-3 are all other drives. For CDs, the first CD is CD 0 the second CD 1 and so forth.)
Choose Initialize from the menu that appears.
The next screen shows the drive you selected to initialize. Make sure the drive is checked and click Next.
You will have the option to convert the drive from basic to dynamic storage.
Leave this unchecked and click Next.
Click Finish
Err here.
I suppose you are on XP?

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