Installing Windows XP to Lenovo Y730
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From: the wharf rat on 25 Dec 2009 07:22 In article <hh24gc$9p3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, ~misfit~ <sore_n_happy(a)yahoo-nospam.com.au> wrote: > >I'm sure that I read somewhere that it's possible to use RAID with two HDDs. Well, sure,but on a laptop?
From: Barry Watzman on 25 Dec 2009 13:32 No, missed that. If that's true, and if the implementation supports it, then I stand corrected. I was not aware of any laptops that supported internal RAID arrays. ~misfit~ wrote: > Somewhere on teh intarwebs Barry Watzman wrote: >> On a laptop, you don't want "SATA RAID"; it's not RAID. It is more >> likely called SATA AHCI. Alternatively, the BIOS may have an IDE >> emulation option (in which case no drivers at all would be required). > > Did you do due diligence Barry? This 17" laptop comes standard with two > 250GB HDDs. I'm sure that I read somewhere that it's possible to use RAID > with two HDDs.
From: ~misfit~ on 25 Dec 2009 18:16 Somewhere on teh intarwebs the wharf rat wrote: > In article <hh24gc$9p3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > ~misfit~ <sore_n_happy(a)yahoo-nospam.com.au> wrote: >> >> I'm sure that I read somewhere that it's possible to use RAID with >> two HDDs. > > Well, sure,but on a laptop? It's a 17" laptop that is positioned as a 'performance machine' with a powerful GPU and two HDDs fitted as standard. I don't know if the southbridge implementation in that machine supports RAID (in XP) but to me it seems that is what the OP is trying to achieve. Ehhh, give me a minute with Google..... http://www.slashgear.com/desktop-replacement-laptop-has-raid-5-315528/ Three HDDs in that one, a Targa Raptor-60. It supports RAID 1, 0 and 5. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9774699-1.html http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20070724234251.html An Alienware beast that is available with two SSDs in RAID 0. http://www.notebookforums.com/thread84906.html A Sager NP9880 with hardware RAID, 0 or 1 flavours, from 2005. http://www.edn.com/blog/400000040/post/1700006570.html A Toshiba Satellite A135-S4499 that will do RAID..... You get the picture I'm sure.... -- Shaun. "Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.
From: ~misfit~ on 25 Dec 2009 18:18 Somewhere on teh intarwebs Barry Watzman wrote: > No, missed that. If that's true, and if the implementation supports > it, then I stand corrected. I was not aware of any laptops that > supported internal RAID arrays. Hi Barry, see my reply to the rat. They've been around for nearly five years now. -- Shaun. "Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'. > ~misfit~ wrote: >> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Barry Watzman wrote: >>> On a laptop, you don't want "SATA RAID"; it's not RAID. It is more >>> likely called SATA AHCI. Alternatively, the BIOS may have an IDE >>> emulation option (in which case no drivers at all would be >>> required). >> >> Did you do due diligence Barry? This 17" laptop comes standard with >> two 250GB HDDs. I'm sure that I read somewhere that it's possible to >> use RAID with two HDDs.
From: the wharf rat on 25 Dec 2009 23:43
In article <hh3h4a$b3l$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, ~misfit~ <sore_n_happy(a)yahoo-nospam.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> I'm sure that I read somewhere that it's possible to use RAID with >>> two HDDs. >> Well, sure,but on a laptop? >It's a 17" laptop that is positioned as a 'performance machine' with a >powerful GPU and two HDDs fitted as standard. I don't know if the Well, sure, but on a laptop? Lol :-) No, really, think about it: extra weight and lots of extra power consumption plus the write penalty in exchange for...being able to keep working if one drive fails? Any accident that damages one drive will likely damage them both. Wouldn't you be better off with the second drive in an esata enclosure and using it to make regular backups? I'm afraid I don't understand why you'd want to do this. >An Alienware beast that is available with two SSDs in RAID 0. Well, given the size limitations of ssd and their reliability that makes some sense. |