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windows 2000 and raid

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stewie

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Hi guys,
I'm having some problems with my computer (viruses, spyware, etc). I have many drives in my comp but what i'm worried about is this:
I have a 200 gig wd hard drive as my main drive, its partitioned as a 5 gig for windows/etc and the other space has files on it. I also have a raid setup for 2 80 gig drives that appear as a 160.
IF i unplug all my drives but my main one, reformat the windows partition, reinstall with windows xp will:
1. My files on the other partion still be there and be recognized by windows xp
2. Will windows xp recognize my 2 drives that are raided together, or should i just move the data on the raided drives to one of my spare 160 gig drives and then go from there?
Its been about 2 years since i've had to reformat, and dumb me, i never made backups. Don't want to redo everything, but whatever I have on my comp has uninstalled my firewall, and will not let me reinstall it. Whats the best route to go so i don't lose my data?
Thanks for the help.
Stewie
 
Now is an excellent opportunity to start backing up. Even simply copying the data to another drive makes your data much less vulnerable to a wide variety of file system level hazards. Also, it is a standard "best practice" to backup before installing a new operating system, you never know what a new RAID driver, etc may do.

Backup, disconnect all drives except the intended new Windows XP drive, install Windows, install RAID driver, reconnect RAID, you should be fine. That's no reason to not take precautions against data loss however.
 
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