kaltag
08-03-03, 11:04 PM
In my current system in sig I want to run two Raptors in the RAID 0 configuration but I have never worked with RAID...EVER! I am unsure of exactly how one is supposed go about setting up the drives so that I can install Windows XP Pro. I remember that when XP starts to install it says press "key" to load 3rd party raid driver. So does that mean when I get the drives and connect them to the controller card (that I need advice on as well) do I need to set something on the card or just boot from the XP cd and then install some software to allow windows to see the drives as one? Also If I need to add the driver to windows will I need something special so that the system will boot since (as I understand) the boot sector will already be spread across the drives or how does that work? I hate to nag but I basically need someone to hold my hand during this. I will also be doing a similar setup for a friend of mine using the onboard SATA controller on the MSI K7N2. How does the controller onboard hold up compared to other offerings? And lastly what SATA card seems to offer the best performance? I understand that hardware RAID is not always faster than software because the processor in the system is faster than the fastest RAID controllers. I'm sorry for the long post any many questions but I'm just realy unsure how all this works. I just need to know the procedures to go through to get this working. thank you all.