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RAID-1 with different sized disks under vista, intel matrix ICH9R
Hi I have an ICH9R board and intel matrix storage. I previously had a 1TB drive with 250GB free (not partitioned). I added a second 250GB hard drive. Is it possible to create a raid1 volume (end of 1TB drive+full 250GB drive) without loosing all my data on the other 750GB of the drive? I don't see how to do it in the matrix storage console. I know it's possible to do this with software raid but vista doesn't support software raid-1. If it's not possible, can I backup my data, create a 250GB raid1 array in the BIOS, and create an other 750GB partition during vista setup for less critical files? thanks -- zorxd |
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RAID-1 with different sized disks under vista, intel matrix ICH9R
What purpose is this raid going to serve? I trust its not in place of a
backup strategy. Usually its data partitions you would want to mirror You might, depending on why, be better off using an Imaging app to backup to your new drive "zorxd" wrote in message ... Hi I have an ICH9R board and intel matrix storage. I previously had a 1TB drive with 250GB free (not partitioned). I added a second 250GB hard drive. Is it possible to create a raid1 volume (end of 1TB drive+full 250GB drive) without loosing all my data on the other 750GB of the drive? I don't see how to do it in the matrix storage console. I know it's possible to do this with software raid but vista doesn't support software raid-1. If it's not possible, can I backup my data, create a 250GB raid1 array in the BIOS, and create an other 750GB partition during vista setup for less critical files? thanks -- zorxd |
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RAID-1 with different sized disks under vista, intel matrix ICH9R
Simple : I want two volumes : one 750GB for non-critical data (games, movies, etc.) and one mirrored (raid1) 250GB volume for my documents and pictures. I have two disks : 1TB and 250GB. Is it possible to do this with either vista software raid or intel matrix storage? -- zorxd |
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RAID-1 with different sized disks under vista, intel matrix ICH9R
You would need to ask Intel if their chipset and driver support this
functionality. I'd guess not. "zorxd" wrote in message ... Hi I have an ICH9R board and intel matrix storage. I previously had a 1TB drive with 250GB free (not partitioned). I added a second 250GB hard drive. Is it possible to create a raid1 volume (end of 1TB drive+full 250GB drive) without loosing all my data on the other 750GB of the drive? I don't see how to do it in the matrix storage console. I know it's possible to do this with software raid but vista doesn't support software raid-1. If it's not possible, can I backup my data, create a 250GB raid1 array in the BIOS, and create an other 750GB partition during vista setup for less critical files? thanks -- zorxd |
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RAID-1 with different sized disks under vista, intel matrix ICH9R
"zorxd" wrote in message ... Hi I have an ICH9R board and intel matrix storage. I previously had a 1TB drive with 250GB free (not partitioned). I added a second 250GB hard drive. Is it possible to create a raid1 volume (end of 1TB drive+full 250GB drive) without loosing all my data on the other 750GB of the drive? I don't see how to do it in the matrix storage console. I know it's possible to do this with software raid but vista doesn't support software raid-1. If it's not possible, can I backup my data, create a 250GB raid1 array in the BIOS, and create an other 750GB partition during vista setup for less critical files? thanks -- zorxd You could probably get away with different make/model, but absolutely they have to be the identical total capacity to be used in RAID configuration. |
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RAID-1 with different sized disks under vista, intel matrix ICH9R
I know that I can use different sized disk in a raid array (at least with intel matrix storage). What I don't know is if the remaining space can be used or not. If I was in linux I would do this with mdadm in a few seconds. -- zorxd |
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RAID-1 with different sized disks under vista, intel matrix ICH9R
No it cannot. If you set up a mirrored array with one 250GB and one 1TB
drive, you will loose all but 250GB of the TB drive. -- Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "zorxd" wrote in message ... I know that I can use different sized disk in a raid array (at least with intel matrix storage). What I don't know is if the remaining space can be used or not. If I was in linux I would do this with mdadm in a few seconds. -- zorxd |
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RAID-1 with different sized disks under vista, intel matrix ICH9R
In message zorxd
was claimed to have wrote: I know that I can use different sized disk in a raid array (at least with intel matrix storage). What I don't know is if the remaining space can be used or not. If I was in linux I would do this with mdadm in a few seconds. If you like software RAID, you can do the same in Windows in just a few seconds too. |
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RAID-1 with different sized disks under vista, intel matrix ICH9R
Dave Warren;1063902 Wrote: If you like software RAID, you can do the same in Windows in just a few seconds too. No, vista doesn't support RAID1 or RAID5, only RAID0. -- zorxd |
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RAID-1 with different sized disks under vista, intel matrix ICH9R
Simple, create a partition in the free space, use the raid set up utility to
see if that disk partition can be used in the array Somehow I doubt it "zorxd" wrote in message ... Dave Warren;1063902 Wrote: If you like software RAID, you can do the same in Windows in just a few seconds too. No, vista doesn't support RAID1 or RAID5, only RAID0. -- zorxd |
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