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More info?)
the 160 has no os this is going to be a new setup with the os going on the
seta drives either as raid o or 1 which ever is faster have 4 sata connector
and 2 ide and 1 ide promise on the board not sure if you can use all at once
if not i also have a promise 133 tx 2000 ide card to use.thanks
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
news:nospam-0803052258120001@192.168.1.178...
> In article <MkrXd.16458$oh4.605646@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>, "Andre
> LaFramboise" <razz@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > I have a p4c 800 deluxe ,4 -512 Kingston kvr400x64 c3a512 ram sticks
,ati
> > x800xt agp,lg 4163b,nec 3500 ,ben q 52 cdrw,intel 3.2 ht ,wd ide 160 gig
for
> > storage ,2 seagate 80 gig sata ,case has a 550 watt power supply .the 2
80
> > gig are new the 160 has stuff I want to keep.what would be the best way
to
> > start the new setup and which raid to run the 80 for best performance
> > thanks.
>
> Well, I think i count four IDE drives and two SATA drives.
>
> If you owned a P4C800-E Deluxe, you could put them all on
> the ICH5R Southbridge. The ICH5R has SATA RAID, while the
> ICH5 doesn't have the RAID function enabled.
>
> On the P4C800 Deluxe, the Southbridge is ICH5. There is no
> SATA RAID on there. That means your RAID array will be
> going on the Promise 20378.
>
> The 20378 doesn't support ATAPI, and that is why your CD/DVD
> type devices go on the Southbridge.
>
> I assume the 160GB drive has the OS on it. You can do a
> Repair Install with the Windows CD. That is one way to
> make the transition. I managed to move my boot disk, by
> changing the IDE driver back to the default Microsoft one,
> while the disk was still connected to the old computer.
> It is possible the default Microsoft IDE driver will allow
> you to boot the new computer, without a repair install.
>
> Once you have got the 160GB running the OS, you can install
> the Promise RAID driver, and get the two SATA drives going.
>
> In any case, I never move a disk, like your 160GB, without
> first cloning it to another matching drive. That way, if
> things take a turn for the worse, all is not lost. It always
> pays to have spare hard drives on hand, especially as they
> are so cheap.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
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