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Hard drive configuration question

MrChad

MrChad

Lifer
This is a bit of a n00b question, but I'm having trouble finding the answer.

One of the drives in my RAID0 config died last night (40 GB IBM 60GXP, shocker 😉). I'm going to replace both 40 GB drives with a single 80 GB drive for now. My old IDE config looked like this (Asus A7N8X motherboard):

2x40GB IBM 60GXP in RAID0 on HighPoint RocketRAID 133 card
1x27GB IBM 34GXP (Ultra/66) as primary master
Pioneer DVD-116 as secondary master
Yamaha CRW-F1 as secondary slave

I was thinking about putting the new 80 GB drive as primary master and moving the 27 GB drive as primary slave. Unfortunately, the 27 GB drive is a ATA-66 drive, while the new 80 GB drive is an ATA-100. Would I be better off putting one of the drives on the HighPoint card? If so, which drive should go on the onboard controller and which should go on the HighPoint card?
 
No need for the highpoint, modern IDE controllers can handle different timings. Making the 80GB the new C: drive is a good idea, you should see a performance gain from the 7200 RPM and higher data density.
 
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