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Drive in Raid 0 volume failing
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Hi, A new icon (two drives,one red) has appeared on my taskbar with the msg
A drive in a RAID 0 volume is failing. Try to back up data immediately.
As far as I know I have not got a Raid configuration set up!
I have run CHKDSK which showed no problems. Should I be worried? I think I have got most of my essential files backed up already.
A drive in a RAID 0 volume is failing. Try to back up data immediately.
As far as I know I have not got a Raid configuration set up!
I have run CHKDSK which showed no problems. Should I be worried? I think I have got most of my essential files backed up already.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Did a search on Dell Dimension 9100 and seems some DID come with RAID already set up as a default.
But as it is RAID 0 is one disk crashes you lose all the data on both disk, SO BACK UP QUICKLY.
See this web page
http://reviews.cnet.c...9100-review-39192184/
Text says:
"One of the more interesting inclusions in our 9100 was two 160GB hard disks set up in a RAID 0 (also known as 'stripe') configuration. This treats the two drives as a single contiguous hard disk, switching between the two while writing a stream of data. In theory, this increases the speed of your hard-disk activity because two drive heads are skittering across the platters at the same time. In practical terms, you might see a drive performance increase of around 30 per cent using a RAID 0 array. On the downside, because data is split almost at random between the two disks, if one breaks down you effectively lose all your data on both disks"
But as it is RAID 0 is one disk crashes you lose all the data on both disk, SO BACK UP QUICKLY.
See this web page
http://reviews.cnet.c...9100-review-39192184/
Text says:
"One of the more interesting inclusions in our 9100 was two 160GB hard disks set up in a RAID 0 (also known as 'stripe') configuration. This treats the two drives as a single contiguous hard disk, switching between the two while writing a stream of data. In theory, this increases the speed of your hard-disk activity because two drive heads are skittering across the platters at the same time. In practical terms, you might see a drive performance increase of around 30 per cent using a RAID 0 array. On the downside, because data is split almost at random between the two disks, if one breaks down you effectively lose all your data on both disks"
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