raid with 1 hard drive?

hey everyone , building my new rig and was wondering if it is possible to run 1 sata hd 74g raptor in raid 0?? iI have a asus a8n-sli basic board and the manual says you can but I dont think it is configured correctly. do you need to set up raid before or after you load the o/system??? and what is a raid controller for?(the kind that plugs in the pci slots) do I need one also ?? .... I thought the m/b did all of that... HELP me please I am now confussed...


aero cool engine2
hyper r 580w
asus a8n-sli
amd64 +4000 clawhammer
2x1g corsair xms 2-3-3-6 ddr400
2x msi nx7800gt 256mb
1x wd 74g raptor 10000 rpm
xp pro

 

Raid 0 would require 2 disks. Get a second Raptor.

 

Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID). Array meaning more then one disk

 

ok and thanks, but the problem is that windows is rejecting my hard drive ,wanting to safely remove the hardware... all I want to know is can I run 1 sata raptor 74g on my system and if I can what do I do to get rid of the windows warning...

 

Yes you should be able to, but it wouldn't be raid, did you install the sata drivers for your mobo