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    Raid 0 setup - P-7805U (320 GB Seagate Momentus)

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by DanLar75, Dec 29, 2009.

  1. DanLar75

    DanLar75 Notebook Consultant

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    I really only have one question. I am looking to set up Raid-0 (For speed) on my new P-7805U and will be purchasing a second Drive (Seagate Momentus 7200.4 320 GB 7200RPM SATA 3 GB/s 16 MB Cache 2.5-Inch Internal NB Hard Rive ST9320423AS, same as original drive).

    I am wondering, do I have to re-install everything from scratch or is there a way to set up the raid with existing data?
     
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    Maverick79 Notebook Evangelist

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    Have to start from scratch. Not sure if there is any other complex way out. Even that would be way troublesome.
     
    Maverick79, Dec 29, 2009
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  3. DanLar75

    DanLar75 Notebook Consultant

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    Well, maybe I'll just get a 30GB SSD (OCZ) and use as boot drive and use the 320GB as secondary storage. Might be faster to.
     
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    yeah that's what i've done; a 128GB g.skill falcon SSD as boot drive and 320GB WD Scorpio as storage for temp files/page file/downloads etc. etc.
     
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  5. DanLar75

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    Sounds good, and that will also let me transition to Windows 7 with dual boot easily. 30GB OCZ SSD it is. Thx!
     
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    Unless you really need dual boot what i'd suggest is using VM's.
     
    Maverick79, Dec 30, 2009
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