Hi,

You have to install Vista (or any version of Windows) with a raid driver in
place in order to use a raid setup. You can't simply copy the existing
installation to the new drive and be done with it, nor can you add the
driver to the existing installation. The hardware abstraction layer (hal) of
the OS is built at installation, it can't be altered later. To what you are
thinking would require a fresh install with the raid setup in place and the
raid driver, if not included in Vista, has to be added at the point where
you choose the installation location.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"therock" wrote in message
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Thanks for the RAID links and I'm aware odf said opinions but I'm doing
a RAID 1 for hardware backup if a drive fails the other keeps going and
I'll continue until the other is repaired or replaced.

I also have a RAID one in an external eSATA for backup. Gotta backup
thoses pictures.

So how about it. I need to get one of my new HDDs' mirrored to my
current single system HDD.

How about if I slap a new WD 750GB 7200 rpm in beside my current WD
750GB Green 5000/7200 rpm unit in a RAID 1 and let it mirror? Walla?


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therock

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