Renaming hard drives

[Jim Stecher]

My computer has a P2.66GHz CPU, 1.5G of RAM, and 440G of
hard drive in two 120G drives and one 200G drive. The
boot drive is 120G and is labelled 1. The second 120G
drive is 2, And the 200G is 0. These are in a non-striped
RAID array. Each is "seen" as a separate drive.
My problem is one of speed. When I added the 200G drive,
my processing speed dropped tremendously.

Is there anything I can do to regain the speed?

Thanks for any help.
Jim Stecher

[D.Currie]

"Jim Stecher" > wrote in message
...
> My computer has a P2.66GHz CPU, 1.5G of RAM, and 440G of
> hard drive in two 120G drives and one 200G drive. The
> boot drive is 120G and is labelled 1. The second 120G
> drive is 2, And the 200G is 0. These are in a non-striped
> RAID array. Each is "seen" as a separate drive.
> My problem is one of speed. When I added the 200G drive,
> my processing speed dropped tremendously.
>
> Is there anything I can do to regain the speed?
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Jim Stecher

First, what sort of raid do you have? You say it's not striped (which would
show a single 240 GB drive with the first two disks), but if it's mirrored,
it still would be seen as a single drive (of 120GB), and you're saying each
is separate. Perhaps you attempted a raid setup that didn't work? Or maybe
you tried to create a raid setup when you added the third drive, and that's
where things went wrong.

As far as adding a drive making it slower, the only time I've ever seen that
happen is when the additional drive is defective, and the system shuffles
along trying to read off of that drive. And yes, it would still be slow if
it wasn't actively accessing the drive.

[Stecher]

D. Currie:
Thanks for the responce. I am using the RAID ports (2) to
plug in my hard drives (capacity is 4). The drives are
not RAID configured. When only the two 120G drives were
installed everything ran well, with little or no waiting
to open, for instance, the programs list through the
START menu. Now, with the 200G also installed, a 20 +
second wait is the norm. Other than installing the new
drive, and configuring the FS to NTFS. nothing else was
done.

Jim
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Jim Stecher" > wrote in message
...
>> My computer has a P2.66GHz CPU, 1.5G of RAM, and 440G
of
>> hard drive in two 120G drives and one 200G drive. The
>> boot drive is 120G and is labelled 1. The second 120G
>> drive is 2, And the 200G is 0. These are in a non-
striped
>> RAID array. Each is "seen" as a separate drive.
>> My problem is one of speed. When I added the 200G
drive,
>> my processing speed dropped tremendously.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do to regain the speed?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>> Jim Stecher
>
>First, what sort of raid do you have? You say it's not
striped (which would
>show a single 240 GB drive with the first two disks),
but if it's mirrored,
>it still would be seen as a single drive (of 120GB), and
you're saying each
>is separate. Perhaps you attempted a raid setup that
didn't work? Or maybe
>you tried to create a raid setup when you added the
third drive, and that's
>where things went wrong.
>
>As far as adding a drive making it slower, the only time
I've ever seen that
>happen is when the additional drive is defective, and
the system shuffles
>along trying to read off of that drive. And yes, it
would still be slow if
>it wasn't actively accessing the drive.
>
>
>.
>

[D.Currie]

Run the manufacturer's diagnostics on the drive and see what comes up. A bad
drive can bring a system to a crawl. Other than that, it might be a
configuration issue of some sort with the motherboard, or a bad cable,
maybe.

Which drive did you change to NTFS.

"Stecher" > wrote in message
...
> D. Currie:
> Thanks for the responce. I am using the RAID ports (2) to
> plug in my hard drives (capacity is 4). The drives are
> not RAID configured. When only the two 120G drives were
> installed everything ran well, with little or no waiting
> to open, for instance, the programs list through the
> START menu. Now, with the 200G also installed, a 20 +
> second wait is the norm. Other than installing the new
> drive, and configuring the FS to NTFS. nothing else was
> done.
>
> Jim
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >"Jim Stecher" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> My computer has a P2.66GHz CPU, 1.5G of RAM, and 440G
> of
> >> hard drive in two 120G drives and one 200G drive. The
> >> boot drive is 120G and is labelled 1. The second 120G
> >> drive is 2, And the 200G is 0. These are in a non-
> striped
> >> RAID array. Each is "seen" as a separate drive.
> >> My problem is one of speed. When I added the 200G
> drive,
> >> my processing speed dropped tremendously.
> >>
> >> Is there anything I can do to regain the speed?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help.
> >> Jim Stecher
> >
> >First, what sort of raid do you have? You say it's not
> striped (which would
> >show a single 240 GB drive with the first two disks),
> but if it's mirrored,
> >it still would be seen as a single drive (of 120GB), and
> you're saying each
> >is separate. Perhaps you attempted a raid setup that
> didn't work? Or maybe
> >you tried to create a raid setup when you added the
> third drive, and that's
> >where things went wrong.
> >
> >As far as adding a drive making it slower, the only time
> I've ever seen that
> >happen is when the additional drive is defective, and
> the system shuffles
> >along trying to read off of that drive. And yes, it
> would still be slow if
> >it wasn't actively accessing the drive.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Stecher]

All of my drives are NTFS. The 200G came configured as
FAT32, so I reconfiged it to NTFS, but the speed was down
before that.
>-----Original Message-----
>Run the manufacturer's diagnostics on the drive and see
what comes up. A bad
>drive can bring a system to a crawl. Other than that, it
might be a
>configuration issue of some sort with the motherboard,
or a bad cable,
>maybe.
>
>Which drive did you change to NTFS.
>
>"Stecher" > wrote in message
...
>> D. Currie:
>> Thanks for the responce. I am using the RAID ports (2)
to
>> plug in my hard drives (capacity is 4). The drives are
>> not RAID configured. When only the two 120G drives were
>> installed everything ran well, with little or no
waiting
>> to open, for instance, the programs list through the
>> START menu. Now, with the 200G also installed, a 20 +
>> second wait is the norm. Other than installing the new
>> drive, and configuring the FS to NTFS. nothing else was
>> done.
>>
>> Jim
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >
>> >"Jim Stecher" > wrote in
message
>> ...
>> >> My computer has a P2.66GHz CPU, 1.5G of RAM, and
440G
>> of
>> >> hard drive in two 120G drives and one 200G drive.
The
>> >> boot drive is 120G and is labelled 1. The second
120G
>> >> drive is 2, And the 200G is 0. These are in a non-
>> striped
>> >> RAID array. Each is "seen" as a separate drive.
>> >> My problem is one of speed. When I added the 200G
>> drive,
>> >> my processing speed dropped tremendously.
>> >>
>> >> Is there anything I can do to regain the speed?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for any help.
>> >> Jim Stecher
>> >
>> >First, what sort of raid do you have? You say it's not
>> striped (which would
>> >show a single 240 GB drive with the first two disks),
>> but if it's mirrored,
>> >it still would be seen as a single drive (of 120GB),
and
>> you're saying each
>> >is separate. Perhaps you attempted a raid setup that
>> didn't work? Or maybe
>> >you tried to create a raid setup when you added the
>> third drive, and that's
>> >where things went wrong.
>> >
>> >As far as adding a drive making it slower, the only
time
>> I've ever seen that
>> >happen is when the additional drive is defective, and
>> the system shuffles
>> >along trying to read off of that drive. And yes, it
>> would still be slow if
>> >it wasn't actively accessing the drive.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>