Hard Drives

sailpog · 06-01-2007, 04:36 PM

Hello,
Ive got 3 hard drives -
~ 18gb raptor
~ 250gb sataII hard drive
~ 200gb IDE hard drive

What i want to do is to have my raptor holding vista , then my 250gb sataII for any new files or installations and the IDE available as well to access any of my files (its full up ). My question is would it be possible to have this set up? and would i get good performance with the raptor holding vista?
Thanks,
BTW my mobos this:http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=126437 - if it hlps...

Sora · 06-01-2007, 04:37 PM

Yes it is possible I do not see why not.

vernong1992 · 06-01-2007, 04:38 PM

there are 18 gb raptor x's ???

vernong1992 · 06-01-2007, 04:39 PM

u should have no issue

b1gapl · 06-01-2007, 04:40 PM

You will get faster loading timse, with Vista on the raptor.

I've only seen a raptor, as small as 36gb.

TheMajor · 06-01-2007, 04:42 PM

Never heard of 18GB Raptors, but it should work. I have 2x SATA in RAID0. 2x SATA in RAID1. 1x SATA and 1x IDE mirrored manually.

Sora · 06-01-2007, 04:56 PM

yea I was going to say that I have never heard of 18GB raptors as well but it will work just fine if its a 10k RPm drive.

sailpog · 06-03-2007, 04:05 AM

sorry my mistake i meant im goning to get a 36gb,
Also how would i go about getting this to work?
thanks

b1gapl · 06-03-2007, 06:11 AM

You would first set the raptor to master, and the other hard drives to slave. Then install Vista on the raptor. After that, just format the slave drives, and you're set.

zetahammy · 06-03-2007, 03:11 PM

If you were to have that raptor as the master and the one containing the OS at 10k rpm... would you really notice a difference compared to the other 7200rpm ones? I guess is it really worth the extra like 50-60 bucks for a 110k rpm?

06-01-2007, 04:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
sailpog Super Techie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 498	Hard Drives Hello, Ive got 3 hard drives - ~ 18gb raptor ~ 250gb sataII hard drive ~ 200gb IDE hard drive What i want to do is to have my raptor holding vista , then my 250gb sataII for any new files or installations and the IDE available as well to access any of my files (its full up ). My question is would it be possible to have this set up? and would i get good performance with the raptor holding vista? Thanks, BTW my mobos this:http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...uct_uid=126437 - if it hlps... __________________

06-01-2007, 04:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sora Renowned Budgeting Master Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 4,122	Re: Hard Drives Yes it is possible I do not see why not. __________________ E6300 w/ Arctic Freezer Pro 7 @ 3.6ghz 1.4Vcore Antec 900 Case EVGA 750i FTW Mobo 2x1GB of DDR2-533 D9GMH Team Xtreme 4-4-4-12 @ 1030mhz 2.2v Gigabyte 8800GT 720/1800/1050 (eventually will SLI when they go down in price) Hanns G 19" Wide 5MS LCD 1 250GB WD and 1 Seagate 7200.10 in RAID 0 Corsair 520HX 3DMark06 Score: 13900

06-01-2007, 04:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
vernong1992 Kudos/Post Count Padder Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 16,717	Re: Hard Drives there are 18 gb raptor x's ??? __________________ I do not accept support requests or deleted threads/complains about Infractions you've recieved by PM, Profile or IM/Email.

06-01-2007, 04:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
vernong1992 Kudos/Post Count Padder Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 16,717	Re: Hard Drives u should have no issue __________________ I do not accept support requests or deleted threads/complains about Infractions you've recieved by PM, Profile or IM/Email.

06-01-2007, 04:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
b1gapl Commander SMod Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 11,803	Re: Hard Drives You will get faster loading timse, with Vista on the raptor. I've only seen a raptor, as small as 36gb. __________________ Recommended PC Components Guide Potentially the longest thread in history!! Tech-Forums Official 3DMark06/05/03 Top List

06-01-2007, 04:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
TheMajor PowerQuest / Opera Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 10,046	Re: Hard Drives Never heard of 18GB Raptors, but it should work. I have 2x SATA in RAID0. 2x SATA in RAID1. 1x SATA and 1x IDE mirrored manually.

06-01-2007, 04:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sora Renowned Budgeting Master Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 4,122	Re: Hard Drives yea I was going to say that I have never heard of 18GB raptors as well but it will work just fine if its a 10k RPm drive. __________________ E6300 w/ Arctic Freezer Pro 7 @ 3.6ghz 1.4Vcore Antec 900 Case EVGA 750i FTW Mobo 2x1GB of DDR2-533 D9GMH Team Xtreme 4-4-4-12 @ 1030mhz 2.2v Gigabyte 8800GT 720/1800/1050 (eventually will SLI when they go down in price) Hanns G 19" Wide 5MS LCD 1 250GB WD and 1 Seagate 7200.10 in RAID 0 Corsair 520HX 3DMark06 Score: 13900

06-03-2007, 04:05 AM	#8 (permalink)
sailpog Super Techie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 498	Re: Hard Drives sorry my mistake i meant im goning to get a 36gb, Also how would i go about getting this to work? thanks __________________

06-03-2007, 06:11 AM	#9 (permalink)
b1gapl Commander SMod Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 11,803	Re: Hard Drives You would first set the raptor to master, and the other hard drives to slave. Then install Vista on the raptor. After that, just format the slave drives, and you're set. __________________ Recommended PC Components Guide Potentially the longest thread in history!! Tech-Forums Official 3DMark06/05/03 Top List

06-03-2007, 03:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
zetahammy Junior Techie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 63	Re: Hard Drives If you were to have that raptor as the master and the one containing the OS at 10k rpm... would you really notice a difference compared to the other 7200rpm ones? I guess is it really worth the extra like 50-60 bucks for a 110k rpm?

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