Raid 1

[peanut]

I would like to configure my hard drives as Raid 1. Can I do this without reinstalling windows? If so, could someone provide a link telling me how this is done? When using Raid, if you need to delete something, do you have to remove it from all drives yourself or does it automatically delete from all drives once you remove it from the primary drive?

Thank You
Terry

[ACtheTROLL]

doubtful
but not impossible ... the deciding factor is going to be your hardware. You'll need to read the book and see what it says

the disc layout and file format of raid 0 is different and a reformat is almost always the case ....
Raid one .... mmmm do you actually NEED raid one ... will a backup system do?

the high end controllers have little difference (slower) in performance but the majority of onboard mobo controllers and sata/pata drives will show a real reduction in speed.

... raid 1 on the Os disc could well cripple the system
if it's got to be raid ... os on single (small is disc - 20Gb for XP - 32+ vista) windows configured with my docs on the raid volume will be more efficient

a backup regime timed to work when you're not there is not quite as secure ... but a lot less resource hungrly

raid ) on the other hand should deliver a reasonable speed increase.
OS on a striped vol will work faster

[ACtheTROLL]

http://www.hostmysite.com/dedicated/raid/

[peanut]

Thank You, AC