How to RAID 0?

Inferno · 04-08-2007, 08:23 PM

My friend has 2 80 gig hdds he wants to RAID. RAID 0 is the fastest right?

If so, how do you do it?

montdj · 04-08-2007, 08:27 PM

Yes raid 0 is the way to go. As for how to do it google setting up a raid system. I am not very good at explaining things. You could also try reading the mb manual I know mine was pretty helpfull. Plus you need to make sure your mb supports raid or you need a controller card.

Inferno · 04-08-2007, 08:28 PM

Im almost positive the mobo has a raid controller and the sites i found all sucked and left me with more questions than answers.

montdj · 04-08-2007, 10:27 PM

What motherboard is it. I need to know that first. name and model number

Inferno · 04-08-2007, 10:47 PM

ECS NFORCE4M-A (V3.0) Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 4X ATX AMD Motherboard

Newegg.com - ECS NFORCE4M-A (V3.0) Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 4X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

montdj · 04-08-2007, 11:00 PM

Ok on the mb cd there is raid drivers for windows you need to copy them to a floppy. The mb manual will tell you how to configure the drives. For raid 0 you want the in striping. Its real easy to setup and the manual should guide you though it. Now when you start to install windows on the bottom of the screen it will say press f6 if you need to install third party drivers hit f6 nothing will happen right away windows will keep install alittle latter It will have you spesify (sorry bad speller) so hit S. Now this is when you need the floppy you made earlier. Install it and thats it. windows will finsh installing and you have a raid 0 setup.

Inferno · 04-08-2007, 11:08 PM

What if windows is already installed?

montdj · 04-08-2007, 11:26 PM

Sorry to turn it into a raid zero you are going to have to reinstall windows. There is no other way.

Sora · 04-08-2007, 11:55 PM

Yea it has to be done...windows needs to be wiped frequently anyway :P

04-08-2007, 08:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Inferno Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kenyon, Minnesota Posts: 736	How to RAID 0? My friend has 2 80 gig hdds he wants to RAID. RAID 0 is the fastest right? If so, how do you do it?

04-08-2007, 08:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
montdj True Techie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 122	Re: How to RAID 0? Yes raid 0 is the way to go. As for how to do it google setting up a raid system. I am not very good at explaining things. You could also try reading the mb manual I know mine was pretty helpfull. Plus you need to make sure your mb supports raid or you need a controller card. __________________ Striker extreme mb QX6700 Quad Core Raptor 150 x2 (raid 0 ) Seagate 250 x2 (raid 0) Blu-Ray dvd player EVGA 8800gtx x2 (in sli) Toughpower 850w psu 4gb OCZ PC-8500 sli ready Armor 8003 case Zelman 9500 cpu fan Samsung 225b 22" Monitor

04-08-2007, 08:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Inferno Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kenyon, Minnesota Posts: 736	Re: How to RAID 0? Im almost positive the mobo has a raid controller and the sites i found all sucked and left me with more questions than answers.

04-08-2007, 10:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
montdj True Techie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 122	Re: How to RAID 0? What motherboard is it. I need to know that first. name and model number __________________ Striker extreme mb QX6700 Quad Core Raptor 150 x2 (raid 0 ) Seagate 250 x2 (raid 0) Blu-Ray dvd player EVGA 8800gtx x2 (in sli) Toughpower 850w psu 4gb OCZ PC-8500 sli ready Armor 8003 case Zelman 9500 cpu fan Samsung 225b 22" Monitor

04-08-2007, 10:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
Inferno Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kenyon, Minnesota Posts: 736	Re: How to RAID 0? ECS NFORCE4M-A (V3.0) Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 4X ATX AMD Motherboard Newegg.com - ECS NFORCE4M-A (V3.0) Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 4X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

04-08-2007, 11:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
montdj True Techie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 122	Re: How to RAID 0? Ok on the mb cd there is raid drivers for windows you need to copy them to a floppy. The mb manual will tell you how to configure the drives. For raid 0 you want the in striping. Its real easy to setup and the manual should guide you though it. Now when you start to install windows on the bottom of the screen it will say press f6 if you need to install third party drivers hit f6 nothing will happen right away windows will keep install alittle latter It will have you spesify (sorry bad speller) so hit S. Now this is when you need the floppy you made earlier. Install it and thats it. windows will finsh installing and you have a raid 0 setup. __________________ Striker extreme mb QX6700 Quad Core Raptor 150 x2 (raid 0 ) Seagate 250 x2 (raid 0) Blu-Ray dvd player EVGA 8800gtx x2 (in sli) Toughpower 850w psu 4gb OCZ PC-8500 sli ready Armor 8003 case Zelman 9500 cpu fan Samsung 225b 22" Monitor

04-08-2007, 11:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
Inferno Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kenyon, Minnesota Posts: 736	Re: How to RAID 0? What if windows is already installed?

04-08-2007, 11:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
montdj True Techie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 122	Re: How to RAID 0? Sorry to turn it into a raid zero you are going to have to reinstall windows. There is no other way. __________________ Striker extreme mb QX6700 Quad Core Raptor 150 x2 (raid 0 ) Seagate 250 x2 (raid 0) Blu-Ray dvd player EVGA 8800gtx x2 (in sli) Toughpower 850w psu 4gb OCZ PC-8500 sli ready Armor 8003 case Zelman 9500 cpu fan Samsung 225b 22" Monitor

04-08-2007, 11:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
Sora Renowned Budgeting Master Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 4,122	Re: How to RAID 0? Yea it has to be done...windows needs to be wiped frequently anyway :P __________________ 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

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