Bubba Bob Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Hey Guys,I need some help on how to do this. Ive searched google but still cant figure it out. Probably due to they technical terms used when explaining. hahaAnyway, Im trying to mirror one IDE drive onto another as back up. Can someone give me (lemans terms) insutructions on how this is done. Or a link to a "For Idiots" guide?Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 If you don't mind spending a few dollars, this software is greathttp://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....onis+true+imageTheir are some free programs out thier also. I do not have experience with them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 THanks Shanenin, but Im looking mroe for how to set this system up so both drives are written on simeltaniously. (I should have explained that a bit better) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 You're talking about a RAID setup.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAIDhttp://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/raid/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 (edited) Fundamentally, RAID combines multiple hard disks into a single logical unit. There are two ways this can be done: in hardware and in software. Hardware combines the drives into a logical unit in dedicated hardware which then presents the drives as a single drive to the operating system. Software does this within the operating system and presents the drives as a single drive to the users of the systemThat would be it. So I was a bit of with my terminology? Explains why nothing was comin up on Google... Thanks T. Edited April 25, 2007 by Bubba Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 (edited) Alright, Wikipedia talks about the software side of a Raid 1 setup, but doesnt really say much about how its done. Now that I know what to look for hopefulyl google will come up with something this time. EDIT: Got it :http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=830&page=5 /EDIT Is this something XP pro w/ a a dual CPU xeon machine can handle or would it be better to get a raid controller? Has anyone done this before? Edited April 25, 2007 by Bubba Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 I think XP pro and software raid will allow you to use IDE drives. If you use a hardware controller you will need sata drives. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon1986 Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 The first couple of links from this Google search should be helpful, especially the first one.You have a dual Xeon PC? That's neat! If this is a server-type setup it should have support for RAID. You can probably check the motherboard's documentation for more information. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Alright, I made both drives dynamic, but "Add Mirror" is still grayed out in the disk manager. I did some reading a few sites mentioned disk mirroring cant be done in anything but Windows Server... Argh... Any thoughts on how this can be done? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 I just asked my friend who is obsessed with raid arrays. He currently has about 9 320gb drives in his array. Anyways, he said it is not supported in XP pro. You may want to look into doing it with hardware. Does your motherboard have a raid controller, do you have sata drives? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) 9 320's Wow.Anyway, like Falcon mentioned, it should Ill look into that right now.EDIT:The PC is a Compaq EVO W6000... SATA drives? Who knows? Ill check. LOL Edited April 26, 2007 by Bubba Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) by the way I just asked my friend what he has for drives in his server(almost all tv shows)8 320GBs in Raid 5, 2 80GBs in Raid 1, 2 500GBs in Raid 1 with 1 320GBhotspare and my temp drive which is a 250GB....I know he just bought a 750gb ide drive, I not sure where he will be using that. Edited April 26, 2007 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 That amount of storage is insane... No SATA drives. It pisses me off mirroring is disabled is Xp PRO. Good grief... You can do it with Windows 2000, but not XP?!?!?! Thank you Microsoft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 (edited) My friend used this hack for a while. It seemed to work well.http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/11/19/usi..._raid_5_happen/ Edited April 26, 2007 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 You can't mirror drives in Win2K. You can with Win2K Server.Basic Storage Versus Dynamic Storage in Windows XPNew Volume Wizard for a Dynamic Disk States Incorrect Volume TypesHow To Convert to Basic and Dynamic Disks in Windows XP Professional Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted April 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Tahnks Shanenin, Im reading that as we speak.TT, Im not sure what your getting at there. The drives are already dynamic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Those links talk about WinXP, mirroring and RAID. To resolve this problem, if you require RAID and you are using a computer that is running Windows XP Professional, use a hardware-based RAID solution. There is no way to enable the RAID software in Windows XP Professional. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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