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I want to undertake a project of reorganizing my PC, but am uncertain
as to how to exactly proceed.
I have:
ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
Pentium D-805 2.66 gHz
Windows XP pro SP2
Corsair XM52 1 G (2x512) DDR2 800
C: WD 2500KS 232g available/ 12.7g used
D: WD 2500KS 232G available/ 87.4g used
G: external usb HDD 186g available/ 104g used

I have all my data on the external drive and all the programs on the C
drive. the stuff on the D drive is where I attempted to copy the G
onto the D as a backup (so that 87.4g can be wiped)
But I abandoned that.
I want to RAID 0 the C&D drives, run everything off them and use the G
drive as a backup.
I do not want to loose all the settings and programs currently on the
C drive.

So getting all the stuff on Cinto a safe place, then reconfiguring C &
D for the RAID; then reloading the settings and programs onto the RAID
pair alsong with all the data currently on the G drive.

And establishing a good backup/archive system using the G drive
properly.
maybe I should seek local talent and pay him/her,
but I'd really like to try to do this myself as a learning experience.

The RAID setup seemed to scare the guy who did the initial install/
setup of my PC.

The stuff on the G drive is pretty safe, and I can reload all the
programs which are on the c-drive, only getting all the settings
working and so firth has been an ongoing process and my free time is
limited.
 
I want to undertake a project of reorganizing my PC, but am uncertain
as to how to exactly proceed.
I have:
ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
Pentium D-805 2.66 gHz
Windows XP pro SP2
Corsair XM52 1 G (2x512) DDR2 800
C: WD 2500KS 232g available/ 12.7g used
D: WD 2500KS 232G available/ 87.4g used
G: external usb HDD 186g available/ 104g used

I have all my data on the external drive and all the programs on the C
drive. the stuff on the D drive is where I attempted to copy the G
onto the D as a backup (so that 87.4g can be wiped)
But I abandoned that.
I want to RAID 0 the C&D drives, run everything off them and use the G
drive as a backup.
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My recommendation is that you do not do this. Although RAID0 sounds
like it gives substantial speed improvement, in practice the actual
improvement is usually almost unnoticeable. And it has a severe
downside: if either drive fails, you lose everything on both drives.

I used to run RAID0 on this machine, and stopped using it several
months ago. I decided that the increased risk wasn't worth the very
small speed improvement. My experience since then has been what I
expected. I can't discern any difference in speed with or without the
RAID0.
 
My recommendation is that you do not do this. Although RAID0 sounds
like it gives substantial speed improvement, in practice the actual
improvement is usually almost unnoticeable. And it has a severe
downside: if either drive fails, you lose everything on both drives.

I used to run RAID0 on this machine, and stopped using it several
months ago. I decided that the increased risk wasn't worth the very
small speed improvement. My experience since then has been what I
expected. I can't discern any difference in speed with or without the
RAID0.
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thanks i take your comments under advisement
 
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