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Sata Hard Drive?

  • 13-06-2007 3:00am
    #1
    dazftw
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    I have a sata hard drive.. but today my case broke and I need to get a new case.. So im wondering if I unplug everything to switch it to the new case am I going to lose all the data on the hard drive or will it be fine just to plug it back in?


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  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    I don't think you'll any problems if you are just switching cases.


  • #3
    challengemaster
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    it'll be fine. i've often done it. especially since for some reason i cant get dual boot working, i just unplug one hdd and boot the other. if you want to take some sort of action just so you feel better though, note the sata port its plugged into and replug it into that. :p


  • #4
    dazftw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    Cool thanks, Another question about raid..

    I have a seagate barracuda 320GB could I do raid 0 with another say 500GB seagate barracuda? Or does it have to be 320GB

    Also would I see much performance difference?

    I plan on getting another hard drive and thought I could raid them to get better performance!

    My motherboard can do raid also

    Its an Asus P5n32E-SLI

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  • #5
    challengemaster
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    DeafVision wrote:
    Cool thanks, Another question about raid..

    I have a seagate barracuda 320GB could I do raid 0 with another say 500GB seagate barracuda? Or does it have to be 320GB
    nope. its not like gfx cards where when doing sli you have to have the same card (eg. 2x 8800gtS)
    Also would I see much performance difference?
    probably not, with the speed hard drives run at currently, raid is becoming more useless tbh. i doubt you'd get much if any difference, or even notice any.
    I plan on getting another hard drive and thought I could raid them to get better performance!
    depending on what size you are looking for, you'd nearly be better going for a raptor if you want better performance. with the max size being 150gb though.. and they're slightly pricy compared to normal hdd's


  • #6
    enda1
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    challengemaster wrote:
    nope. its not like gfx cards where when doing sli you have to have the same card (eg. 2x 8800gtS)

    Well technically yeah but he'll lose 180gigs of useable space. RAID 0 uses the smallest discs size to strip across.


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  • #7
    challengemaster
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    interesting.. didnt know about that anyway..

    but its kind of pointless anyway. and with raid0 isnt there quite the posibility of data loss if one hdd dies, all the data is corrupt or something of the like?


  • #8
    dazftw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭dazftw


    challengemaster wrote:
    interesting.. didnt know about that anyway..

    but its kind of pointless anyway. and with raid0 isnt there quite the posibility of data loss if one hdd dies, all the data is corrupt or something of the like?

    yea there is.. Whats the one where it mirrors the other drive?

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  • #9
    challengemaster
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    raid1 i think.. people with 4 hdd's usually opt for raid0+1 i think..


  • #10
    Zombrex
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    RAID 0 combines the two drives but has no fault tolerance. RAID 1 mirrors the two (or more) drives providing a live back up of data.

    RAID 0 & 1 are the only RAIDs that work with just two drives as far as I know. Higher RAIDs, which work as RAID 0 providing a large virtual disk, need 3 or more drives to function as they provide recovery if something goes wrong.


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