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    D901C -- setting up Raid0 without a floppy?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by BlackPanther, Jul 1, 2008.

  1. BlackPanther

    BlackPanther Notebook Consultant

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    I'm getting a D901C, which includes 2 x Seagate 7200 rpm 120GB each in order to make a Raid 0 array.

    I've never had HDD's in Raid array before, so I was looking up the procedures.

    All seem to imply that I need a floppy disk... but my laptop will be arriving floppy-less.

    Has anyone raided their drives on a laptop without floppy drive? How please?

    Thanks.
     
    BlackPanther, Jul 1, 2008
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  2. Gnucki

    Gnucki Notebook Guru

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    I do a raid0 on my D901C.

    I had to start the BIOS of the raid controler: [Ctrl I] at the good time of computer start. And then it's really easy. You should take a 64k for the band size (sorry for the bad translation).
     
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    If you are using Vista, there is no need for a floppy drive.

    Set the RAID array up during startup, and start installing Vista. When you are prompted to insert drivers for a 3rd party, SATA, SCSI, RAID, etc.... insert the SATA/RAID drivers disc.
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    If you want to setup RAID for Windows XP or even Vista with ahving to deal with floppies or an extra disc....

    ... just slipstream a Windows disc (using free programs like nLite or vLite) with the SATA/RAID drivers, as well as what ever drivers you want
    - compile the disc
    - burn the bootable ISO image

    Then you will have you custom Windows disc with pre-loaded drivers for RAID and whatever else you slipstreamed... the installation process would become much quicker now.
     
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  4. BlackPanther

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    Yes I'm going to have Vista x64, so as I understand the RAID drivers will be on an optical disk. Good.
     
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  5. Gnucki

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    I didn't need raid driver. Just need to set up the raid before installing windows.
    It seems to me that the set up is made via a bios of the raid controler.

    After the set up in the bios, if you install Vista you shouldnt need to do something else.
     
    Gnucki, Jul 1, 2008
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