Storage Problem...

[ikickpigeons]

Hello all, I am currently running a Westerd Digital sata drive and i ran out of storage on it today. Im at somewhere like 78 gigs so i definatly need a new storage system. Ive been doing a lot of dvd ripping lately and this is why my storage has finally caught up with me. What would be the best solution? A new hard drive completely? Or set up a raid? Or what? I do play a lot of games, and have quite a library of movies, music, and photos. So basically should i set up a raid or just buy one big drive? What are the different types of raid set ups. I know that raid 0/1 seem to be the most common but what does this mean? Can i run my OS, games, and a couple important applications on one drive then setup another for storage? Sorry guys for the long post and thanks inadvance for the help.


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System Specs:
AMD 3500+
MSI K8N Neo 2 Plat
BFG 6800 Ultra
WD 80 gb sata

 

[quackerww]

Why not just get a second HD?
Raid is bad for storage... Well raid 0 is...

Buy a large drive for storage and have the rest of the stuff on the main drive...

 

[zagood]

Yeah, if it's for storage, just add another hard drive, as big as you can afford baby.

Don't worry about RAID at all.

-z

 

[ikickpigeons]

how would this work? When I save or instal something do i just direct it to either drive? And when i want to transfer existing files on my original drive to the new one, do i just drag and drop into the drive? Do the drives have to be compatible?

 

[quackerww]

Drag and drop
Hook it up, right click my computer, go to manage, disk management and make a new partition (on the new drive). Bing Bang boom!

 

[atybimf]

Just buy another SATA drive.

 

[sniperruff]

just get a DVD burner.

 

[Skeeedunt]

Yeah just get another drive. It will show up as a new drive letter, probably D: . Might be easiest to transfer all your data to the new drive so you have room on the C: drive to install additional applications.

Remember to backup your data too. If it's important, wouldn't hurt to leave it on both drives until the new one's been running for a few days in case the new drive bites the dust.

 

[ikickpigeons]

Ok Thanks fellows.

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One last thing, can someone explain the different raid settings and what the majority of users use raid for.