Windows x64 + RAID0

PureAppleJuice · 7 May 2006 at 18:11

Gonna install Windows x64 set up in RAID 0 accross 2 Deskstar T7K250 250GB's. I'm using the Asus A8N-SLI Premium mobo, i've heard that if I don't use the NForce SATA connectors to sort out RAID I won't have to install drivers or something? :S
If I do have to install drivers, can I install them using a CD as opposed to floppy?

Jimbo Mahoney · 8 May 2006 at 21:47

If you use the nForce SATA you won't need to use a driver disk.

No, if you need to add drivers, they have to be on floppy

(or slipstreamed)

ChrisLX200 · 8 May 2006 at 23:06

X64 plus RAID0? You like a 'challenge' then. Seems to me MS took all their beta drivers, put them on a disk and called it the new x64 OS! I tried it once and couldn't get half my stuff working... dumped it for the 32-bit version.

sheridan · 10 May 2006 at 12:00

I'm not sure why you want to go the RAID0 route. I prefer a single larger hard drive as it will run quieter and cosume less power.
Remember RAID0 is no more secure because you still lose all your stuff if either disc fails, and the chances of one of two discs failing is higher than a single disc.
The only advantage of RAID0 is speed.