I'm about to build a new computer. I'm getting a Maxtor 80G HD but I still want to use my old 11G for other files. I'm purchasing a MSI 845G mobo.
The question is, what is RAID and would this allow me to slave my 11G HD to my 80G? I thought I read somewhere that in RAID I would have to have my HDs the same and that is would store everything twice.
*OR*
Should I purchase the adapter(which is running about $50) instead that will allow me to attached up to four more IDEs?
TIA
The question is, what is RAID and would this allow me to slave my 11G HD to my 80G? I thought I read somewhere that in RAID I would have to have my HDs the same and that is would store everything twice.
*OR*
Should I purchase the adapter(which is running about $50) instead that will allow me to attached up to four more IDEs?
TIA