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    Guide to do Raid o SIMPLY with ordinary laptops

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by zx81, Feb 25, 2008.

  1. zx81

    zx81 Notebook Consultant

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    Check out this thread on notebookforums.

    http://www.notebookforums.com/thread211682.html

    The poster "Diefool" has figured out how to do a RAID0 setup with a regular Dell laptop, with 2 drives. His, and others, posted drive speeds are phenomenal.

    It is very simple and requires no extra software, just 2 drives (and you can get PATA or SATA drive caddies to go in the DVD drive slot from ebay etc)

    ;) :)
     
    zx81, Feb 25, 2008
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    Uh... by "ordinary" laptops you mean 17"+ laptops with slots for 2 hard drives. Yeah, in that case, I wouldn't think there would be anything too hard about that.

    As far as putting a hard drive in the DVD slot... as far as I know, that mainly works with business laptops that have a modular drive bay (Latitude, Thinkpad, etc.) and I really don't know whether RAID would work with that as one of the drives... it might.
     
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    Man your some happy eh? Cheer up.

    He's already got it working, read the thread, and the drive bay adapters work with any laptop that has a removable optical drive, not just 17"

    The newer larger notebooks that come pre-configured with RAID0 have the 2nd drive in the chassis in addition to the otipical drivebay - I guess thats where your coming from.

    He figured out the hack to do it for normal laptops with a simple regedit, which is excellent.

    (lots of people use 2 drives already for extra storage and easy backups, the adapters are cheap- just need to know which one fits your brand of laptop)
     
    zx81, Feb 26, 2008
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