"Andre said:
I have a p4c 800 deluxe ,4 -512 Kingston kvr400x64 c3a512 ram sticks ,ati
x800xt agp,lg 4163b,nec 3500 ,ben q 52 cdrw,intel 3.2 ht ,wd ide 160 gig for
storage ,2 seagate 80 gig sata ,case has a 550 watt power supply .the 2 80
gig are new the 160 has stuff I want to keep.what would be the best way to
start the new setup and which raid to run the 80 for best performance
thanks.
Well, I think i count four IDE drives and two SATA drives.
If you owned a P4C800-E Deluxe, you could put them all on
the ICH5R Southbridge. The ICH5R has SATA RAID, while the
ICH5 doesn't have the RAID function enabled.
On the P4C800 Deluxe, the Southbridge is ICH5. There is no
SATA RAID on there. That means your RAID array will be
going on the Promise 20378.
The 20378 doesn't support ATAPI, and that is why your CD/DVD
type devices go on the Southbridge.
I assume the 160GB drive has the OS on it. You can do a
Repair Install with the Windows CD. That is one way to
make the transition. I managed to move my boot disk, by
changing the IDE driver back to the default Microsoft one,
while the disk was still connected to the old computer.
It is possible the default Microsoft IDE driver will allow
you to boot the new computer, without a repair install.
Once you have got the 160GB running the OS, you can install
the Promise RAID driver, and get the two SATA drives going.
In any case, I never move a disk, like your 160GB, without
first cloning it to another matching drive. That way, if
things take a turn for the worse, all is not lost. It always
pays to have spare hard drives on hand, especially as they
are so cheap.
HTH,
Paul
