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I have 3 hard drives, this question is about raid.

I managed to aquire an old WD raptor

also have a 500GB WD and a Seagate 300GB
Bios default is Raid IDE

When running preliminary setup for windows xp pro
Couldnt tell if all the drives were spinning(reading now)

I plan on installing windows 7 and vista tomorrow or tonight.

What size partitions will I need and do you recommend a different raid setting?

was thinking 20 gb for win7
5-10 for win vista
and 1-2 for windows xp

Is there anyway i can "lock-down" a partition on the raptor after I install and setup optimal settings?

is there any other advice i should here before I partition and run windows xp setup?

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