Hard Drive and OS Question

wtk pro l · 12-29-2006, 01:57 AM

Ok, I have a 36GB Raptor and two WD 500gb drives. Now what I want to do is have both my 500gigs in RAID1 and my Raptor by itself. I want to run have my OS and my games on my Raptor for faster loading, and I want to have my 500gigs holding all my other stuff (music. movies, backed up dvds). Two simple questions, is this possible? and if so how?

Thanks.

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turtile · 12-29-2006, 06:21 AM

Yes, its possible. Just build an array for the 2x 500GB in the BIOS and format both drives. As long as the Raptor has the boot partition, it will boot the machine.

wtk pro l · 12-29-2006, 10:26 AM

Yea, but can I still load programs and stuff off my RAID array?

Like lets say I wanted to save Ares on my 1TB array so I can have all that room to save my songs, could I still load Ares while im on the OS on the Raptor?

b1gapl · 12-29-2006, 11:03 AM

Yes.

turtile · 12-29-2006, 06:59 PM

You can choose to install your programs on the RAID 1 and you can choose to save files on to the RAID 1 from programs that are installed on the Raptor.

joshd · 12-29-2006, 08:15 PM

yes, the programs will install to whereever you point them to in the installer. the OS will just look for the progam's files there.

wtk pro l · 12-30-2006, 12:36 AM

Ok, so I just need to install the Windows on the Raptor, then build my RAID through the BIOS, then when it asked me to install my programs I just point them to my RAID array and its all good?

One more question, is there anything special I need to do so windows can recognize my RAID array?

turtile · 12-30-2006, 06:43 AM

The only thing you have to do after you build the array in the BIOS is to format it in Windows using disk manager.

12-29-2006, 01:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
wtk pro l Ultra Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 744	Hard Drive and OS Question Ok, I have a 36GB Raptor and two WD 500gb drives. Now what I want to do is have both my 500gigs in RAID1 and my Raptor by itself. I want to run have my OS and my games on my Raptor for faster loading, and I want to have my 500gigs holding all my other stuff (music. movies, backed up dvds). Two simple questions, is this possible? and if so how? Thanks. .

12-29-2006, 06:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
turtile Wizard Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,449	Yes, its possible. Just build an array for the 2x 500GB in the BIOS and format both drives. As long as the Raptor has the boot partition, it will boot the machine. __________________ Intel Prescott 3.0 Socket 478 40x2 RAID 0 Maxtor + 40GB & 120GB 160GB Seagate in Vantec NexStar 3 Enclosure ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe LG DVD-ROM NEC DVD-RW DL 1GB Corsair PC3200 GeForce 5700 256MB DDR

12-29-2006, 11:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
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12-29-2006, 06:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
turtile Wizard Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,449	You can choose to install your programs on the RAID 1 and you can choose to save files on to the RAID 1 from programs that are installed on the Raptor. __________________ Intel Prescott 3.0 Socket 478 40x2 RAID 0 Maxtor + 40GB & 120GB 160GB Seagate in Vantec NexStar 3 Enclosure ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe LG DVD-ROM NEC DVD-RW DL 1GB Corsair PC3200 GeForce 5700 256MB DDR

12-29-2006, 08:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
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12-29-2006, 10:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
wtk pro l Ultra Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 744	Yea, but can I still load programs and stuff off my RAID array? Like lets say I wanted to save Ares on my 1TB array so I can have all that room to save my songs, could I still load Ares while im on the OS on the Raptor?

12-30-2006, 12:36 AM	#7 (permalink)
wtk pro l Ultra Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 744	Ok, so I just need to install the Windows on the Raptor, then build my RAID through the BIOS, then when it asked me to install my programs I just point them to my RAID array and its all good? One more question, is there anything special I need to do so windows can recognize my RAID array?

12-30-2006, 06:43 AM	#8 (permalink)
turtile Wizard Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,449	The only thing you have to do after you build the array in the BIOS is to format it in Windows using disk manager. __________________ Intel Prescott 3.0 Socket 478 40x2 RAID 0 Maxtor + 40GB & 120GB 160GB Seagate in Vantec NexStar 3 Enclosure ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe LG DVD-ROM NEC DVD-RW DL 1GB Corsair PC3200 GeForce 5700 256MB DDR

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