How do you partition?

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Seraphic

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I have three hard drives in a raid0. How would I go about doing a 50/50 partition one for Vista x64 and the other for Vista x86 (later for final Windows 7 x64 and x86)? Is it done in the raid controller using Control + i during boot?

Also, what will it do to the speeds of the overall raid? Faster or Slower? As a whole, the raid is 1.74TB at the moment.
 
You can just use the Vista installer to partition.... Make the two partitions, install on the first one, then pop in the second Vista and install that on the second one. Or if you don't like that (even though its quite possibly the easiest way), boot up into GParted. Easy.

As far as speed I'm not sure.
 
In the case of doing a partition of a raid0, it is done in the raid creating menu?
Just make one raid using the three drives for half the total size, then another raid using the remaining disk space, right?
 
Im not sure what you're asking there...

With my RAID0, once it is created in the BIOS, it is visible as just a single drive so.... partition just like it was a single drive.
 
How do you do that though if you wanted to use it as the OS drive (two partitions, one OS each)
I know how to make the raid in the bios, just never done a partition before.

If the total disk space of the three drives 1.74TB when created in the bios, how do you partition it at that point? You create the raid0 using the total disk space, then what?
 
I don't know it its me, but I'm still confused as to what you're asking.

Create the RAID in the BIOS

Pop in Vista DVD

At the screen where you pick a drive to install, you will (should) see one 1.74GB volume. Create a partition of any size you want, then create another. Very simple.

If you want to do the partitioning before you put in the the Vista disk, download and install GParted on to a USB stick and after you create the RAID, boot into that.
 
So during the Vista screen, where you pick the drive to install to, you are able to partition the drive at that point?
 
Seraphic said:
In the case of doing a partition of a raid0, it is done in the raid creating menu?
Just make one raid using the three drives for half the total size, then another raid using the remaining disk space, right?
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Yes with the ich10R you can have two raid arrays out of the same set of drives.
 
So during the Vista screen, where you pick the drive to install to, you are able to partition the drive at that point?

yes, there are extra options available in that selection screen
 
SiG357 said:
Yes with the ich10R you can have two raid arrays out of the same set of drives.
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I have a GA-X48-DQ6, which I think has ICH9R.
Can it still be done with that version?
I mean is it better the partition with the raid controller or the OS?

sirholio said:
So during the Vista screen, where you pick the drive to install to, you are able to partition the drive at that point?

yes, there are extra options available in that selection screen
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Ah, alright. Sounds easy enough.
 
I have a GA-X48-DQ6, which I think has ICH9R.
Is it better the partition with the raid controller or the OS?
 
Seraphic said:
I have a GA-X48-DQ6, which I think has ICH9R.
Is it better the partition with the raid controller or the OS?
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You still haven't done it yet?? You started this thread a week ago. I hope you're computer isn't just sitting there while you debate which method to use... just do it already! It takes 2 seconds!

I don't think its a question of whats better.. Just what you are more comfortable with.
 
No, haven't done it yet. Still have some work to do before I format and install the new drives.
 
Seraphic said:
I have a GA-X48-DQ6, which I think has ICH9R.
Can it still be done with that version?
I mean is it better the partition with the raid controller or the OS?



Ah, alright. Sounds easy enough.
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Yes that version should do it.

It all depends what you want to do. On my first set of drives I use the controller to raid 0 160 gigs for my OS.

On my second set of drives. I use the controller to raid 0 about 320 gigs for my games. Then the rest Raid 1 for my data.
 
Alright, got down to doing this last night.

Made a raid0 using the three drives from the onboard controller (1.7TB). But when I came to the Vista drive install screen, it would not let me split the drive into two. So I then went into the onboard raid controller and used the same three drives to create two different bootable raids (about 890GB each). It worked, was able to install Vista x64 to the first raid, but when I came to installing Vista x86 to the second, it said it could not install to that drive and gave an error message. Any ideas?
 
Seraphic said:
Alright, got down to doing this last night.

Made a raid0 using the three drives from the onboard controller (1.7TB). But when I came to the Vista drive install screen, it would not let me split the drive into two. So I then went into the onboard raid controller and used the same three drives to create two different bootable raids (about 890GB each). It worked, was able to install Vista x64 to the first raid, but when I came to installing Vista x86 to the second, it said it could not install to that drive and gave an error message. Any ideas?
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Anyone have some ideas on how to go about this issue?
 
You should only have 1 bootable partition. It sounds like there is a conflict between the 2 bootable partitions.

I don't know the exact terms, but the windows boot loader will boot from the bootable partition and give you the option as to which version of Windows to start.

Don
 
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