I will be doing some computer upgrades for my father soon. While his mobo has built-in RAID capabilities, I am wondering if I should simply use the Win7 RAID option? He does not game or anything. The most taxing thing he does is use Google Earth. Otherwise, it's just email and surfing. The purpose of RAID 1 would be to give him some redundancy. Critical backups are made to a USB stick.
My questions involve setting up RAID within Windows 7.
Please critique the following procedure:
1) Boot off of Win7 (64-bit PRO) DVD.
2) Partition HDD0 with C: and D: partitions, say 120GB and 200GB, respectively.
3) Install OS.
4) Install HDD1 (same make/model as HDD0).
5) Boot, go into Disk Management.
6) Create a mirrored RAID array with HDD0 and HDD1?
7) What happens next? Windows will automatically copy image of HDD0 onto HDD1?
8) Continue with installing drivers, updates, software, etc.
Parts 6 and 7 remain the most unclear to me at this time.
And the question remains, should I simply use the Mobo's RAID instead? Pro and Cons?
Thanks.
My questions involve setting up RAID within Windows 7.
Please critique the following procedure:
1) Boot off of Win7 (64-bit PRO) DVD.
2) Partition HDD0 with C: and D: partitions, say 120GB and 200GB, respectively.
3) Install OS.
4) Install HDD1 (same make/model as HDD0).
5) Boot, go into Disk Management.
6) Create a mirrored RAID array with HDD0 and HDD1?
7) What happens next? Windows will automatically copy image of HDD0 onto HDD1?
8) Continue with installing drivers, updates, software, etc.
Parts 6 and 7 remain the most unclear to me at this time.
And the question remains, should I simply use the Mobo's RAID instead? Pro and Cons?
Thanks.