RAID

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Dave Heron

I've just bought a PCI IDE raid card. I want to set up two 80gb hard drives
in a striped array.

My question is will XP install on to RAID drives? I did some searching and
received conflicting advice.


Dave
 
I've just bought a PCI IDE raid card. I want to set up two 80gb hard
drives in a striped array.

My question is will XP install on to RAID drives? I did some searching
and received conflicting advice.
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depending on the controller, you may have to press F6 and install the
controller drivers (uses a Diskette) while installing Windows XP.

A striped set is highly volatile, meaning of you lose one drive you lose
it all. A mirrored set, RAID-1, is a much safer option.
 
Of course it will....You need to first format each drive,thru booting to xp
cd,
press F6,after,recovery,press enter key for password,then type:DiskPart
In DiskPart,create a partition,then press Esc key,then type:FORMAT C:
/FS:ntfs
Do this for each,unplug one at power off,boot to xp cd.When both are done,
plug both in,then adjust brd BIOS to configure and boot to RAID (add in
device)
After BIOS,the sub BIOS RAID menu,create an array,level 0,once done boot to
xp cd,install xp,let it format and install.You can/could get by and only
format the
2nd drive in recovery,let xp format 1st,but this way works better.
 
I would say "highly volatile" is an exaggeration. With a striped set, you
lose all info on both drives if one drive fails, and the fail rate may be
slightly higher. That is true for most things that are performance driven. A
striped set is for speed, a mirrored set for creating an instant backup of
your primary drive. I've been running a RAID 0 config using 10,000 RPM
Raptors for 1 1/2 yrs with no problems.

Fitz
 
Since the failure of either drive will cause the failure of the RAID,
the fail rate due to harddrive failure will statistically double.
 
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