RAID 0 Problems

Azarx

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my computer has been running fine until today when norton systemworks did a system checkup and started defrag the disk and after 50 % done it stopped and i got BSOD and it just keeps happening i am running 2 raptors in raid 0
 

imported_Tick

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Originally posted by: Azarx
my computer has been running fine until today when norton systemworks did a system checkup and started defrag the disk and after 50 % done it stopped and i got BSOD and it just keeps happening i am running 2 raptors in raid 0

STOP RIGHT NOW! DO NOT RUN RAID 0!
 

Azarx

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Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: Azarx
my computer has been running fine until today when norton systemworks did a system checkup and started defrag the disk and after 50 % done it stopped and i got BSOD and it just keeps happening i am running 2 raptors in raid 0

STOP RIGHT NOW! DO NOT RUN RAID 0!

i have been running raid 0 for 8 years and nothing like this happened but maybe it is just xp
 

MiniDoom

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Originally posted by: Azarx
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: Azarx
my computer has been running fine until today when norton systemworks did a system checkup and started defrag the disk and after 50 % done it stopped and i got BSOD and it just keeps happening i am running 2 raptors in raid 0

STOP RIGHT NOW! DO NOT RUN RAID 0!

i have been running raid 0 for 8 years and nothing like this happened but maybe it is just xp

yeah whats it matter if you dont store your files on it?:confused:
 

imported_Phil

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Originally posted by: Azarx
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: Azarx
my computer has been running fine until today when norton systemworks did a system checkup and started defrag the disk and after 50 % done it stopped and i got BSOD and it just keeps happening i am running 2 raptors in raid 0

STOP RIGHT NOW! DO NOT RUN RAID 0!

i have been running raid 0 for 8 years and nothing like this happened but maybe it is just xp

Oh really?

You've been running RAID-0 since the year that the Pentium 200Mhz was introduced?

Reeeeally.
 

Twistah

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lol

saw a similar thread about defragging a raid array in this section, perhaps there's an answer in that thread for you.
 

JonnyBlaze

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try running chkdsk /f at a command prompt. it will ask you to reboot then it will scan for errors and fix any it finds.
 

w00t

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most of you guys dont understand the speed of raid 0 maybe not for a home user or gamer like many of us but transfering large data its alot faster.
 

ElTorrente

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^ Raid makes everything that uses the disk much faster. period.

As far as loading game levels and the like, it depends on the game. A big part of level loading is that the CPU is compiling the level for your use- not just loading the game from disk. Some games require more CPU usage before entering the level, some are more just waiting for the level to load from disk- depends on the game.

All I know is that, without exception- every single time for months now- I am the first to enter the newly loaded levels in BF2 by a pretty big margin. Those servers that don't have time limits before the game starts are where this makes the biggest difference- because I am capping flags before the second guy of the 64 total makes it into the game. So, YES, RAID makes a big difference (in addition to a fast comp, of course).

If you go on that crappy RAID review that anandtech did that tested one raid controller, on one game, then made a blanket statement "RAID isn't worth it and doesn't speed up games" - then I can see why you'd think that. It depends on many factors - the main one being how much money you are willing to spend on your equipment.
 

imported_Phil

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Originally posted by: ElTorrente
^ Raid makes everything that uses the disk much faster. period.

Ehh... no.

RAID does nothing for your seek times. If you run any form of disk activity on a RAID-0 array of, say, two 10ms seek time Seagates vs. a 5ms 10,000rpm SCSI drive, then the SCSI drive will win.