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    D901C and Raid5

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by KyronSr, Jul 28, 2008.

  1. KyronSr

    KyronSr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hopefully somebody with a tad more experience with this can answer this simple question. I have a D901C which currently has a 200GB drive in it. I'm contemplating upgrading to a 3 320GB RAID5 and want to know if I can simply image my 200GB [with something like acronis], pull the drive, put the three drives in, setup the raid and then apply the image to it. I'm running Vista x64 BTW.

    I CAN reformat, reinstall but I would really like to not be forced to do that, if at all possible [its used as a dev box, so I takes like a day or more to install everything I need].

    Thanks :)
     
    KyronSr, Jul 28, 2008
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    yes you can do that... i've done it a number of times

    - pull the 200GB, put it in a cheap USB external enclosure (about $10-20)
    - put in the three new drives, and create the RAID-5 array
    - boot your choice of HDD cloning software (acronis, norton ghost, etc..)
    - clone the 200GB to the RAID-5 array.

    boot the system into safe mode first... because you might get a BSOD by going into normal mode.
    - then it will ask for SATA RAID drivers, make sure to install the Intel Matrix software as well.

    Then restart, and you should be good to go.
     
    Gophn, Jul 28, 2008
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  3. KyronSr

    KyronSr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks a bunch!!
     
    KyronSr, Jul 28, 2008
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    KillerNotebooks Notebook Consultant

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    The cloning software you're using will have to support the RAID driver though.
     
    KillerNotebooks, Jul 28, 2008
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    Alfonz Notebook Consultant

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    I have a question , if i get 3x320 drives. is raid 5 the best option for SPEED????
    is it faster than raid 0?

    I never tried raid 5 or any other raid... percentage wise, what would one expect?
     
    Alfonz, Jul 29, 2008
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  6. Soloman

    Soloman Notebook Consultant

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    I would not raid 0 all three, too dangerous. You can raid 2 and have the 3rd as backup, or yes you can raid 5 all three but its parity not as much for speed.
     
    Soloman, Jul 29, 2008
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