Merging 2 seperate IDE hard drives
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Name: Ryunosuke782
Date: August 14, 2005 at 07:54:36 Pacific
Subject: Merging 2 seperate IDE hard drivesOS: winxpCPU/Ram: 2.4 / 1gb ram |
Comment: Hello all Is it possible to merge 2 seperate hard disks under Winxp? I wish to view my 2x 80gb as a single 160gb drive C I tried Partition Magic but I haven't succeeded :( Cheers
Ryu
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Response Number 1
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Name: jam
Date: August 14, 2005 at 09:08:03 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Does your board have RAID? ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP1
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Response Number 2
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Name: StuartS
Date: August 14, 2005 at 09:46:23 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You can create a stripped volume, which is what we are talking about, under software control with Windows XP. Also known as RAID 0. For RAID 0 you need a RAID controller, either built into the motherboard or as a PCI card. Type striped into the PX Help and Support centre. Striped volumes are not fault tolerant and cannot be extended or mirrored. Which means that if one disk fails, you stand a good chance of losing all your data with little chance of recovery. Therefore if you have any critical data, make sure you keep regular backups. Having 160 Mbs in a single volume is risky unless there is some overiding need for such a large volumne and the only reason I know of for that is if you are editing large video files. Stuart
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