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    Harddrive upgrade help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by yungmasta, Jun 3, 2007.

  1. yungmasta

    yungmasta Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey Guys,



    Lets say I have a laptop with an 80gb 5400rpm hd, and i want to buy two 100gb 7200rpm hds and hook them up with raid 0. Can I transfer everything from the 80 to one of the 100s and then put the 100s in and everything be good?
    Like once the two hds are installed would I be good to go?
    If i can what would be a good way to transfer the data?


    Thank You for the Help
     
    yungmasta, Jun 3, 2007
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    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Um well providing the hard drives you buy are the same interface of the one you have now (IDE or SATA) and that you have RAID 0 supported on the laptop (if it doesnt have RAID 0 as a feature then no)

    if you do and you can actually install 2 drives in there then what you need is to get a USB enclosure for your 80GB drive and move the files over after you have setup your RAID 0 config and installed the OS
     
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    yungmasta Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, my format is SATA and the laptop does support raid 0, i knew there was someway I could transfer, I just wasnt sure exactly what I needed, and wether I would need to re-install the OS.


    Thank You^^
     
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    It would be best if u did reinstall the OS in the new config and u cant just move files over to one of the two new drives cuz RAID 0 is a striped set so both drives will have to be hooked up and formatted with XP installed into them first.
     
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    Okay, I understand. :D Thanks Again!
     
    yungmasta, Jun 3, 2007
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