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    RAID 0 help on my M17x

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by zchay7e, Mar 11, 2011.

  1. zchay7e

    zchay7e Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys,

    quick question about the RAID 0 Setup.

    I got 2x 320GB HDDs in my M17x and want an RAID 0 Setup with C (system drive) and D (data drive). In order to get both C and D there are two ways to do it

    1) From the Intel RAID UI at boot (CTRL-I) I could create two RAID 0 partitions

    2) From the Intel RAID UI at boot I could create ONE RAID 0 partition, then in WINDOWS 7 I make 2 partitions out of that....


    Which one is the "proper/best/fastest" way?

    Also, for the primary system drive, do I set the cluster size @16kb? or 32kb? or 64kb? I've read that system RAID drive should be low cluster size.

    Thanks!
     
    zchay7e, Mar 11, 2011
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