Wanting to setup Raid with my HD's

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Raid 0 is what I wanted to setup.

I have the raid drivers on my asus cd and can makedisk to floppy..
So I hook up both sata drives.. one to my sata1 and the other to sata2
Boot up windows xp cd??...
Or setup the drives first..
??.

Thanks

KC Computers Wrote:
> "mikeylbl" mikeylbl.1jqsjn@news.computerbanter.com wrote in message
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>
> I currently have 2 Western Digital 200GB Sata drives. One is set up
> with windows XP Pro. My other sata drive is not installed yet.
> I'm using P4P800 SE Mobo with bios 1007.
> These are both brand new drives.
> Now, I just need someone to tell me the easiest way to setup the raid
> in my system.
> Would I have to format the hd with the windows on it??...
> I know I have to make a boot CD from the asus CD.
> What would the actual order of process to get everything up and
> running?-
>
>
> What RAID mode are you interested in running? 0 (striping)
> or 1 (mirroring)? If RAID 0, then the RAID controller needs
> to setup both drives and all data is lost. For RAID 1,
> you can keep the 1st drive with your data and add
> have it mirrored on the 2nd drive. The RAID BIOS
> will help you to configure everything. You will then to
> install the RAID drivers (from the ASUS CD) so
> you can install Windows XP. Press the F6 key at the
> beginning of the XP install process (when the screen tells you to).
>
>
> ---
> Kevin Chalker, Owner KC COMPUTERS
> E-mail: kc@kc-computers.com Web: www.kc-computers.com
> Internet dealer since 1991!!! See WWW.RESELLERRATINGS.COM!!!


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"mikeylbl" <mikeylbl.1jsn7m@news.computerbanter.com> wrote in message
news:mikeylbl.1jsn7m@news.computerbanter.com...
>
> Raid 0 is what I wanted to setup.
>
> I have the raid drivers on my asus cd and can makedisk to floppy..
> So I hook up both sata drives.. one to my sata1 and the other to sata2
> Boot up windows xp cd??...
> Or setup the drives first..

You need to setup the drives first by going into the
RAID BIOS. There will be a message on the 2nd boot
screen telling you what key to hit. After you configure
and save the RAID settings, you need to boot off the
Windows CD. Be sure to press the F6 key when
instructed so you can install the RAID driver on the floppy.


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E-mail: kc@kc-computers.com Web: www.kc-computers.com
Internet dealer since 1991!!! See WWW.RESELLERRATINGS.COM!!!



>
> KC Computers Wrote:
>> "mikeylbl" mikeylbl.1jqsjn@news.computerbanter.com wrote in message
>> news:mikeylbl.1jqsjn@news.computerbanter.com...-
>>
>> I currently have 2 Western Digital 200GB Sata drives. One is set up
>> with windows XP Pro. My other sata drive is not installed yet.
>> I'm using P4P800 SE Mobo with bios 1007.
>> These are both brand new drives.
>> Now, I just need someone to tell me the easiest way to setup the raid
>> in my system.
>> Would I have to format the hd with the windows on it??...
>> I know I have to make a boot CD from the asus CD.
>> What would the actual order of process to get everything up and
>> running?-
>>
>>
>> What RAID mode are you interested in running? 0 (striping)
>> or 1 (mirroring)? If RAID 0, then the RAID controller needs
>> to setup both drives and all data is lost. For RAID 1,
>> you can keep the 1st drive with your data and add
>> have it mirrored on the 2nd drive. The RAID BIOS
>> will help you to configure everything. You will then to
>> install the RAID drivers (from the ASUS CD) so
>> you can install Windows XP. Press the F6 key at the
>> beginning of the XP install process (when the screen tells you to).
>>
>>
>> ---
>> Kevin Chalker, Owner KC COMPUTERS
>> E-mail: kc@kc-computers.com Web: www.kc-computers.com
>> Internet dealer since 1991!!! See WWW.RESELLERRATINGS.COM!!!
>
>
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> mikeylbl