Re: RAID, partitioning and imaging

What an earth are you babbling about?

"Andrew E." <eckrichco@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If both hds would have diffrent configurations (variable data to each
drive),
then youre not or wouldnt have a RAID set anymore,RAID-"redundant array of
independent disks"...While in level 1,you could format the other & then
reset
RAID set,you cant add/delete software & expect it to work independtly &
still
be of a RAID set...Try file transfer wizard,set as old pc,select all youre
data to
save,save to new folder,once thru,move to cd.This backups all youre data &
settings,also,always run from xp cd...

"Bob S" wrote:

This isn't quite a WinXP question, so if there's a better
place to ask, please let me know.

My basic question is whether I can partition a hard drive
that's in a Raid level 1 configuration. I want to do so for
the purpose of putting the system and apps on one partition
and my data on another partition, so that I can image just
the system/apps partition for the purpose of back-up.

The computer is a Dell XPS 720 with two 500 G hard drives in
a RAID level 1 configuration. I don't know anything about
RAID other than what's in the owner's manual, which isn't
much. I asked Dell tech support whether I could partition
the hard drive in such a set-up, and got contradictory
answers: one stated flat out that I shouldn't do it; the
other said it was ok.

So is it ok or not? Are there any special considerations?

Thanks.
--

Bob S.



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