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Thank! I returned the drive under warranty and popped a spare in and rebuilt the array. (already had a full back-up) Everything seems fine. I'd appreciate any recommendations as far as diagnostic/repair software that Ishould have around next time to analyze the drive and try to fix it.

Folks, Not sure if it is related to upgrading my Windows7 RC to retail today, but one of the two HDs in an internal SATA RAID0 array is being reported as "failing" by Windows7.....and the drive has "error reported" in the BIOS. So far all the files I've tried reading from the drive work fine...

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Thanks Saint19, I ordered two of the HE103UJ today and, if you are correct on compatibility, will add them to my RAID0 next week.

Folks, I have an existing RAID0 that uses Samsung F1 Spinpoint HD103UJ drives and want to add more drives to the RAID0. Does anyone know if the RAID will be OK mixing in the enterprise version of the F1 called the HE103UJ? Or, how about using an F3 with my F1s? I know they all have to be the...

"...you can slice your boot drives and reduce the latency by 30-40%. It's cheaper, faster and more reliable than running 10000rpm drives.[/quotemsg]" Malcolm, By "slice" do you mean striping two drives in RAID 0 for the boot drive? I;ve been looking for advice on whether it is worth buying a...