How do I set up RAID 0 with a system that is already in use?

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I am a newbie when it comes to RAID's, so maybe this is a silly
question but -

I have a system that I use everyday - it has 1 master (SATA 320 gig
SEAGATE) AND I have a couple of 40 gig IDE's drive lying around (not
connected to the computer presently) with the same capacity and make.
My motherboard is the ASUS M2N-E and has software capable RAID built
into the motherboard.
So the question is can I use the SATA as a master and have the two
IDE's in a RAID to use a storage devices?
 
daviddschool said:
I am a newbie when it comes to RAID's, so maybe this is a silly
question but -
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I have a system that I use everyday - it has 1 master (SATA 320 gig
SEAGATE) AND I have a couple of 40 gig IDE's drive lying around (not
connected to the computer presently) with the same capacity and make.
My motherboard is the ASUS M2N-E and has software capable RAID built
into the motherboard.
So the question is can I use the SATA as a master and have the two
IDE's in a RAID to use a storage devices?
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Yup... Play around with it and set it up on these 40GB drives...


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By runf

Damir Lukic, calypso@_MAKNIOVO_fly.srk.fer.hr
http://inovator.blog.hr
http://calypso-innovations.blogspot.com/
 
I didn't want to take a chance with my system (main one) with this, so
I thought I would ask. Since I have to change the drives in the BIOS,
can I change them back if something goes awry? will this affect my
MASTER drive and its file/windows?
 
daviddschool said:
I didn't want to take a chance with my system (main one) with this, so
I thought I would ask. Since I have to change the drives in the BIOS,
can I change them back if something goes awry? will this affect my
MASTER drive and its file/windows?
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Master drive will be safe...

Just connect those 40GB drives, set them to work in RAID0 and boot into
Windows... Install drivers for RAID controller if you haven't, and create
partitions on this RAID group...

If you are not satisfied, just go to RAID controller setup in BIOS or in
Windows, destroy the RAID array and you'll get again two separate drives...


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Krastavac guzi zdrav u kabrioletu lijecniku crtu popodne.
By runf

Damir Lukic, calypso@_MAKNIOVO_fly.srk.fer.hr
http://inovator.blog.hr
http://calypso-innovations.blogspot.com/
 
Previously daviddschool said:
I didn't want to take a chance with my system (main one) with this, so
I thought I would ask. Since I have to change the drives in the BIOS,
can I change them back if something goes awry? will this affect my
MASTER drive and its file/windows?
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Some time ago, I would have said no. But I have a system that sets
the first BIOS drive to the last one it booted off and sometimes
changes it in a fashion I have not yet understood.

However, removing the 40Gs should get thing back to normal
in most cases. And of course you have a backup, right?

Arno
 
daviddschool said:
I am a newbie when it comes to RAID's, so maybe this is a silly
question but -

I have a system that I use everyday - it has 1 master (SATA 320 gig
SEAGATE) AND I have a couple of 40 gig IDE's drive lying around (not
connected to the computer presently) with the same capacity and make.
My motherboard is the ASUS M2N-E and has software capable RAID built
into the motherboard.
So the question is can I use the SATA as a master and have the two
IDE's in a RAID to use a storage devices?
Click to expand...

The Asus M2N-E would have an Nvidia chipset in it. There's been some
murmurring about its RAID being unreliable, even to the extent of
corrupting data. Now I'm not sure if those are older Nvidia chipsets
that had this problem or if they are still present in current chipsets.
But it would give me some pause before trusting my data to that.

Yousuf Khan
 
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