Heres the thing, I just picked up a couple of 200GB Seagate SATA drives from some old
computers they were trashing at school today. figured with the prices lately i could do with them.
currently i've got a single 500GB drive in this machine, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
on a BioStar A770E3 mainboard, which does have a raid controller built in.
now this is the trick, i'm looking for the cleanest, easiest way to have a 2x200GB RAID0 -
setup with my OS and a few programs, while still having the 500GB drive separate for storage.
i have many questions as to how to go about it, and also the best way?
this is my first raid setup, i gladly took the opportunity wanting to get some practice ( as i am semi-cramming for a few CompTIA certs ).
i do want to keep whats currently on my active drive, as i have no effiecient means of backing up 200GB+ programs
and files, for starters,
1. would i be able to remove my current 500GB drive, install the 2x 200gbs (Stripped/RAID0) along with a fresh OS the whole nine yards? and then simply reinstall my 500GB drive unscathed and have the option of a dual boot//Storage drive? i'm not exactly sure how this would work.
2. hypothetically, hooking up these 2x 200GB drives and just booting up from my main drive, cleaning them.
is it possible to do a 3-way Software RAID array? meaning 200/500GB from one drive, 200gb, 200gb, smushed up into a single "drive" so to say. whilst still maintaining the 300GB's left over on a seperate partition for storage?
i am legitimately curious as to your guy's opinions, i'm basically at a standstill not wanting to waste a whole day completely F***ing everything up, and then having to go back and undo everything,.
as this is my PC we're talking about, heh. Thank you.
computers they were trashing at school today. figured with the prices lately i could do with them.
currently i've got a single 500GB drive in this machine, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
on a BioStar A770E3 mainboard, which does have a raid controller built in.
now this is the trick, i'm looking for the cleanest, easiest way to have a 2x200GB RAID0 -
setup with my OS and a few programs, while still having the 500GB drive separate for storage.
i have many questions as to how to go about it, and also the best way?
this is my first raid setup, i gladly took the opportunity wanting to get some practice ( as i am semi-cramming for a few CompTIA certs ).
i do want to keep whats currently on my active drive, as i have no effiecient means of backing up 200GB+ programs
and files, for starters,
1. would i be able to remove my current 500GB drive, install the 2x 200gbs (Stripped/RAID0) along with a fresh OS the whole nine yards? and then simply reinstall my 500GB drive unscathed and have the option of a dual boot//Storage drive? i'm not exactly sure how this would work.
2. hypothetically, hooking up these 2x 200GB drives and just booting up from my main drive, cleaning them.
is it possible to do a 3-way Software RAID array? meaning 200/500GB from one drive, 200gb, 200gb, smushed up into a single "drive" so to say. whilst still maintaining the 300GB's left over on a seperate partition for storage?
i am legitimately curious as to your guy's opinions, i'm basically at a standstill not wanting to waste a whole day completely F***ing everything up, and then having to go back and undo everything,.
as this is my PC we're talking about, heh. Thank you.