How do i make my hard drives work as One?

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  1. b0nkers

    b0nkers Member

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    Hi, I have multiple HD's on my computer. I dont want them to all work separately and be their own drives anymore. Like, i dont want multiple HD's in My computer. How do i set them to all work together as 1 Hard drive? Thanks

    P.S. does a PII 400 mhz work with Windows XP?
     
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  2. Winux005

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    Its Called RAID, but ill get back to you on that later, and post a link. But let me warn you that if you have a System Crash you will lose both of the hard drives
     
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  4. ddp

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    p2 400 will run xp but should have 256meg or more of ram on motherboard
     
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    On the computer I'm using right now I have a Pentium II 400 mhz with 128 mb of ram running Windows XP and it works just fine for internet, instant messaging, and downloading.
     
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    but will run somewhat faster with more ram. just finished working on a p2-350 & 466 that had 128meg of ram now has 256meg
     
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    just testing out my new signature
     
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    how do you get a pic as your signature?
     
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    True. I could definitely use some more ram. I have killed all the unnecessary startup processes and services to try and make it work.
     
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    you want sdram either pc100 or 133. you have either 1 stick of 128 or 2 sticks of 64meg
     
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    Now that we are back to the original topic.

    There are things that you will have to keep in mind.

    1. You will neeed to buy a PCI IDE controller card that affords you the
    RAID option. Considering that your CPU is only a 400mhz P2, it is
    extremely doubtful that it has native RAID support.

    2. You will be limited to 4 drives

    3. The maximum capacity of each drive will be limited to maximum
    capacity of the smallest drive. In other words, if your smallest
    drive is 2.5mb and the rest are larger, they will only register as
    2.5mb drives in a RAID set-up.

    4. Not recommended for your OS. If one drive goes out, you are in
    deep doodoo. Keep your OS on your primary IDE channel drive. As
    well as any important info/files.

    5. While maximum RAM is best, you will also be limited by the FSB of
    your MB and the speed of the RAM. Plus the rotational speed of
    the HD's and their bus speed.

    Someone else jump in if I've forgotten anything.

    TC
     
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  13. ddp

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    gigabytes not megabytes
     
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    Damn, I kind of dated myself.

    However, I might not be too much off course, considering the specifications.

    Tx for the correction DDP

    TC
     
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    no problem
     
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  16. Winux005

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    look ay my signature, im testing it again
     
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  17. Buik

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    Winux005

    stop already.

    This is not a childish website. We are not here to see how you can have a dazzling signature.

    Now, let's get back on topic.

    TC
     
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  19. ddp

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    i think you send a pm to your self to test your sig
     
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  20. Winux005

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    well i forgot to send a PM, and i will get back on subject
     
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