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Creating a partition on RAID0

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by xBones85x, Jan 28, 2011.

  1. xBones85x Newcomer, in training

    I currentley have 2 300gb HDs set up in a RAID0 configeration on my Dell XPS420 running Windows Vista 32bit. i would like to create 2 partitions, one for the OS and one for my Music and Videos.

    does anyone have a step by step guide/tutorial on how i can do this?
    xBones85x, Jan 28, 2011
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  2. jobeard TechSpot Ambassador

    not a good idea - - raid0 is fragile as-is.

    The right sequence is
    1. start over
    2. do the partitioning of the physical drive(s)
    3. then initialize the raid-x on the appropriate partitions of your choice
    4. format the remaining non-raid partitions
    5. now load your data
    On (3), make sure you use one partition per physical drive and don't allow the raid-x to be only one one HD - - kind of silly isn't it!
    jobeard, Jan 28, 2011
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  3. xBones85x Newcomer, in training

    Would you advise against setting the hard drives in Raid 0. If so how would I change it back to to individual drives. One for the OS and one for personal files.
    xBones85x, Jan 28, 2011
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  4. jobeard TechSpot Ambassador

    Even Microsoft recommends against RAID-X for the boot drive.
    Sadly, breaking a raid-0 into two separate HDs will require a reformat of both :(

    If you get a full backup before you reformat, at least you can recover the user files
    jobeard, Jan 28, 2011
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  5. xBones85x Newcomer, in training

    how do i do a full back up?
    xBones85x, Jan 28, 2011
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