RAID question (total newbie)

[deej1977]

Hi,

I currently have a Maxtor 740(sumthin') 60 GB disk running under Windows 2000 (NTFS). I plan to add a second identical drive and want to run those two in RAID-0 (or if it's not 0 it's a least that mode that makes it look like one big 120 GB disk).

My question is: will I be able to do this without having to reformat the first disk and reinstall W2K? That would be really nice since otherwise I'll have to back-up 49 GB of files .

All input is very much appreciated!

Regards,

Deej

 

[Colt45]

you'll need another drive and a RAID card. (you know that right?)

and yes, you will have to format and reinstall.

 

[deej1977]

Thanks!

Yes, I was aware of that, but since I'll have to reinstall anyway, I might as well go ahead and buy me one of those nice and shining mobo's with a raid controller built-in. Preferably one from Abit, the k7ra-raid (or something).

Ciao,

Deej

 

[Quad]

yeah raiding is always a pain the ass. i had to back up 30gb of data when i raided...and it sux
but the speed improvement is worth it

 

[saltedeggman]

yes, necessary to reformat a configure a raid array