David Shorthouse
April 5th 03, 11:41 AM
Well, you can "copy" the OS and everything else on the disk for that matter
if you use something like Norton Ghost.
Dave
"Ron" > wrote in message
...
> Hmm. Dan, you will realize a significant speed boost from a RAID0
> array...depending [mostly] upon the size of the files that you manipulate
> most often...and the parameters of the array itself.
>
> Unfortunately, you DEFINITELY cannot install a second HDD without
> re-installing everything. Yes, everything. BUT...
>
> You can borrow any old drive temporarily, and copy the important data onto
> that drive first. Then configure the array, partition/format/install XP
> etc., then copy back the saved data. Note that you cannot "copy" the OS ,
> applications, drivers etc. back & forth. Just the hard-to-replace stuff,
> like music/photos/docs etc.
>
> Please post a follow-up.
> Ron
>
>
if you use something like Norton Ghost.
Dave
"Ron" > wrote in message
...
> Hmm. Dan, you will realize a significant speed boost from a RAID0
> array...depending [mostly] upon the size of the files that you manipulate
> most often...and the parameters of the array itself.
>
> Unfortunately, you DEFINITELY cannot install a second HDD without
> re-installing everything. Yes, everything. BUT...
>
> You can borrow any old drive temporarily, and copy the important data onto
> that drive first. Then configure the array, partition/format/install XP
> etc., then copy back the saved data. Note that you cannot "copy" the OS ,
> applications, drivers etc. back & forth. Just the hard-to-replace stuff,
> like music/photos/docs etc.
>
> Please post a follow-up.
> Ron
>
>