nf7-s sata and raid

Thanks for the info. I have the 80SE also. I don't mind the reload of
windows now(its kinda funky a needs a reload anyways) I just don't want to
have to do a reload in a few months if I buy another drive and do a
raid1....

J
"Bob Troll" <fluffy.TakeThisOut@farmyard.com> wrote in message
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 > I put one in about a month ago and I'm happy with it. I'm not using raid
nor
 > do I intend to, so I can't comment on that aspect of it but Newegg prices
 > and shipping have been very good for me.
 >
 > I was using a WD 80SE drive with an adapter on the sata controller. When
the
 > new sata drive arrived I hooked up the original to the onboard ide
 > controller and the new sata drive to the sata controller. Then I used the
wd
 > utilities disk version 11 in dos to copy the drive. Then I removed the 80
 > and all was well.
 >
 > Regards, Bob "hopelessly insane machine warrior" Troll
 >
 > "Jason Meyer" <jason.meyer.TakeThisOut@nospam.roseville.k12.mn.us> wrote in message
 > news:QZgLb.10$i74.5@typhoon.ties.k12.mn.us...
  > >
  > > I just ordered a WD 120GB sata drive from newegg.com($105US...not bad)
  > > anyways. Anyone have any problems with this drive. Also say in a few
 > months
  > > if I buy another can I mirror the two together with out loosing data?
Yeah
 > I
  > > know I will back up the really important stuff....just don't want to
have
 > to
  > > go through an OS/App reload. Thanks for the info.
  > >
  > >
  > > Jason
  > >
  > >
 >
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I'm not familiar with using raid but from what I have garnered from the
newsgroups and other forums it would seem to me that raid 0 is the way to go
rather than raid 1. Again I am just an idiot regarding raid and suggest you
look into the raid issue more before you decide what you really want to do.

I did notice a marked increase in boot speed as well as program launching
etc. after the switch in any case.

If you are using xp then be sure to have the sata driver available on a
floppy or cd for the F6? driver install option for your new install.

Best of luck, Bob Troll

"Jason Meyer" <jason.meyer DeleteThis @nospam.roseville.k12.mn.us> wrote in message
news:lChLb.11$i74.10@typhoon.ties.k12.mn.us...
 > Thanks for the info. I have the 80SE also. I don't mind the reload of
 > windows now(its kinda funky a needs a reload anyways) I just don't want to
 > have to do a reload in a few months if I buy another drive and do a
 > raid1....
 >
 > J
 > "Bob Troll" <fluffy DeleteThis @farmyard.com> wrote in message
 > news:aqhLb.22607$P%1.21672867@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com...
  > > I put one in about a month ago and I'm happy with it. I'm not using raid
 > nor
  > > do I intend to, so I can't comment on that aspect of it but Newegg
prices
  > > and shipping have been very good for me.
  > >
  > > I was using a WD 80SE drive with an adapter on the sata controller. When
 > the
  > > new sata drive arrived I hooked up the original to the onboard ide
  > > controller and the new sata drive to the sata controller. Then I used
the
 > wd
  > > utilities disk version 11 in dos to copy the drive. Then I removed the
80
  > > and all was well.
  > >
  > > Regards, Bob "hopelessly insane machine warrior" Troll
  > >
  > > "Jason Meyer" <jason.meyer DeleteThis @nospam.roseville.k12.mn.us> wrote in message
  > > news:QZgLb.10$i74.5@typhoon.ties.k12.mn.us...
   > > >
   > > > I just ordered a WD 120GB sata drive from newegg.com($105US...not bad)
   > > > anyways. Anyone have any problems with this drive. Also say in a few
  > > months
   > > > if I buy another can I mirror the two together with out loosing data?
 > Yeah
  > > I
   > > > know I will back up the really important stuff....just don't want to
 > have
  > > to
   > > > go through an OS/App reload. Thanks for the info.
   > > >
   > > >
   > > > Jason
   > > >
   > > >
  > >
  > >
 >
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"Jason Meyer" wrote
 > I just ordered a WD 120GB sata drive from newegg.com($105US...not bad)
 > anyways. Anyone have any problems with this drive. Also say in a few
months
 > if I buy another can I mirror the two together with out loosing data? Yeah
I
 > know I will back up the really important stuff....just don't want to have
to
 > go through an OS/App reload. Thanks for the info.


Hi,
I am using these drives in a SATA RAID-0 set-up, works well. I didn't try
RAID-1 yet but I would imagine that you *could* just install another drive
in the future and have the RAID-1 *build* a new mirror.
--
Wayne ][

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Sapphire Atlantis 9800 - 3.3ns Samsung (325/290 Default)
WD-SE 240GB (2x120GB) SATA RAID-0 (NTFS - 16k Stripe)
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"Wayne Youngman" <waynes.spamtrap RemoveThis @btopenworld.com> wrote in message news:<btkp9a$kl7$1@titan.btinternet.com>...
 > "Jason Meyer" wrote
  > > I just ordered a WD 120GB sata drive from newegg.com($105US...not bad)
  > > anyways. Anyone have any problems with this drive. Also say in a few
 > months
  > > if I buy another can I mirror the two together with out loosing data? Yeah
 > I
  > > know I will back up the really important stuff....just don't want to have
 > to
  > > go through an OS/App reload. Thanks for the info.
 >
 >
 > Hi,
 > I am using these drives in a SATA RAID-0 set-up, works well. I didn't try
 > RAID-1 yet but I would imagine that you *could* just install another drive
 > in the future and have the RAID-1 *build* a new mirror.
 > --
 > Wayne ][
 >
 > Barton (AQXEA) XP2500+ @ 2.2GHz (10x220) - 1.75vCore
 > CoolerMaster Aero 7 Lite - 3,200rpm
 > ABIT NF7-S v2.0 (BIOS d20)
 > 512MB Dual TwiSTER PC3500 @ DDR440 1:1 (9,3,3,2.0 - 2.7v)
 > Sapphire Atlantis 9800 - 3.3ns Samsung (325/290 Default)
 > WD-SE 240GB (2x120GB) SATA RAID-0 (NTFS - 16k Stripe)
 > Antec SX630II Mini-Tower Case Inc 300w PSU
 > 2 x CoolerMaster 80mm Blue Neon Fans
 > WinXP PRO inc. SP1
 > nVidia Unified v3.13
 > Cat 3.7 - DX9.0b

Yeah, Thats what I kinda figured. But I probably will go with the
raid0 setup for the performance reasons...i just really hate reload
the OS and stuff....to much crap...<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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