Hi all,
Very noobish question here. I am planning to go with the P5W DH Deluxe and C2D as the basis of a new system.
A question re: RAID1 setup:
I plan to install a standalone single WD Raptor 36GB SATAII HD for the OS, and 2 x WD SE16 250GB SATA II HDs in RAID1 for all data, all on the ICH7 (it supports 3 SATA connections correct?).
Can I install the Raptor and OS (XP) first, and then install the 2 SE16s and create the RAID1 via the BIOS option setup afterwards? Do I need to use the F6 procedure to load the RAID drivers at the initial OS load even tho' I'm not going to use them until later?
Or do I need to get this all setup at the initial install of the OS?
Any suggestions and recommended procedures would be appreciated - cheers.
L
Very noobish question here. I am planning to go with the P5W DH Deluxe and C2D as the basis of a new system.
A question re: RAID1 setup:
I plan to install a standalone single WD Raptor 36GB SATAII HD for the OS, and 2 x WD SE16 250GB SATA II HDs in RAID1 for all data, all on the ICH7 (it supports 3 SATA connections correct?).
Can I install the Raptor and OS (XP) first, and then install the 2 SE16s and create the RAID1 via the BIOS option setup afterwards? Do I need to use the F6 procedure to load the RAID drivers at the initial OS load even tho' I'm not going to use them until later?
Or do I need to get this all setup at the initial install of the OS?
Any suggestions and recommended procedures would be appreciated - cheers.
L