Transfering OS onto new hard drives then raid. [Help appreciated]

[Dynahi]

I bought two Caviar 640gb and I intend to use them in raid0 for my Vista 64. This would be transferring out my old WD3200AAKS and setting it aside. Can someone please instruct me the first steps I would need to do this. Logically, I assume I need to clone the old drive onto one of the new ones. Then I should setup up raid. If someone can direct me the proper tools to do so, that'll be most helpful. Also, I'm curious about short stroking since someone people brought it up in larger storage media.

My plan if all goes well is 2x640gb OS raid0 plus 1x1TB archive which hasn't arrived yet.

 

[Billb2]

Can't be done. In order to boot an OS from a RAID0 array, the OS has to be installed onto the array.

Short stroking is OK if you want to waste a whole bunch of disk space.
The benefits (speed) are small, and the price (unused space) is large.

If you want to screw around with where files are placed on the HDD look at Ultimate defrag.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

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[Billb2]

As unlikely as it may sound, I'm currently installing a phase change system on that sig rig.
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[rcpratt]

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