I'm fairly computer-literate, but I've never used a RAID array before. After some recent hardware failures (everything recovered, thank goodness!), I've upgraded my system and I'm now running XP Pro on a SATA drive, with one IDE still in the system. This IDE is the same age as the recent failure, so I'm waiting for a second (identical) SATA drive to arrive, then I intend to replace the IDE with the new SATA and set up a mirror RAID with it.
My question is - can I do this retrospectively, that is, without a complete re-format of the existing SATA? I've currently got the 160Gb SATA partitioned into a 10Gb C: drive (operating system only), with three 50Gb partitions (D: E: and F: - programmes, data and drive images).
My idea is to format the new drive identically, then have it mirror the currently-installed one. When I installed the current SATA, I also installed a RAID manager, so I'm wondering whether this will deal with the setup and mirroring for me. The new motherboard manual only gives examples of new installations.
Any ideas? TIA
Ray.
My question is - can I do this retrospectively, that is, without a complete re-format of the existing SATA? I've currently got the 160Gb SATA partitioned into a 10Gb C: drive (operating system only), with three 50Gb partitions (D: E: and F: - programmes, data and drive images).
My idea is to format the new drive identically, then have it mirror the currently-installed one. When I installed the current SATA, I also installed a RAID manager, so I'm wondering whether this will deal with the setup and mirroring for me. The new motherboard manual only gives examples of new installations.
Any ideas? TIA
Ray.