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Old 08-08-2007   #8 (permalink)
Kerry Brown


 
 

Re: Mirror RAID

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
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>>
>> You will need a Vista driver for your RAID controller. Software RAID 1
>> (mirroring) is not supported in Vista but it wasn't in XP either...

>
> IIRC, the code for software RAID configurations is there in XP, like the
> server editions, but you needed to use a hack or registry edit.
>



This puts you in an unsupported state if something goes wrong. I wouldn't
recommend software RAID in any case. You have to use dynamic disks which are
not supported by most 3rd party tools for data recovery, imaging etc..

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Kerry Brown
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