Backup, RAID, Mirror confusion...

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New machine (Dell) with 3 160gb "non raided" hard drives about to be
delivered.

Old machines system disk (Windows XPPro and apps) has about 15gb used. (C
drive)

Seems that on the new computer it would be a good idea if my system (boot)
disc (C drive partition?) had an exact copy made at the same time
(mirrored?) onto a (seperate partition?) on one of the other drives (say E
drive) so that if the C drive goes down I can press a magic switch and
everything is restored from E drive without having to reload Windows (XPPRO)
and all the apps.

Totally confused with RAID and Mirroring and things like Ghost and Drive
Image. Should I get back to Dell and ask for some sort of RAID - or other
advice gratefully received....

cheers


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