Re: RAID 0 in windows XP questions

[Gary Davis]

Hardware will always be faster then software.
Your CPU does not have to run software for the raid.

And yes with Software Raid you will lose the format of the raid.


"LBJGH" > wrote in message
t.cable.rogers.com...
> I set the raid bios to recognize individual drives and had windows XP
create
> a stripped dynamic disk from within windows. I was wondering if I'm
loosing
> any performance doing the stripped dynamic disk as opposed to setting up
the
> raid 0 in the bios... anyone know?
>
> My buddy told me, "If you ever format your drive (clean install) you will
> loose the raid because it is setup from within your operating system. If
you
> have the option to do the raid from your bios this is your best bet,
choose
> the best cluster size for your needs format and your all set to go."
>
> So I guess two questions
> 1. is a RAID0 quicker as a hardware or software setup (does it matter?)
> 2. is it true that if I format and reinstall my OS I'll lose all data in
the
> RAID?
>
> tx
>
>
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