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Version: DiskInternals Raid to Raid 1
"Great piece of FREEware!"
Pros: I was able to rebuild my raid 0 array on my new motherboard and copy all of my data to new drives! Note: if you have raid 5, 0+1 (10) you are protected from 1 HDD failure, but not motherboard failure, use this tool to recover!
Here's the story! My computer is 4 years old and although I usually maintained backups, I had been too busy to remember even though I knew I needed to. Anyways, my Abit Ax8, started to die, it would not cold boot, initially, it would take 10 mins of powering on and off to boot, and then 2 hours and then finally, when I decided to back up it would not boot (I had to switch off due to power cut (I have APC, UPS)). I panicked knowing I had new data on the raid array.
During the latter days of my AX8 issues (btw Abit make great boards!), I started purchasing new parts, envisioning the day it would die.
So I rebuilt my PC. I mounted the 2 Raptor 360GDs on my Asus P5Q Deluxe, but realized that I would have to create a new array and doing so would destroy my data. So I removed the raptors and put in my new disks and installed Vista64 in raid 0.
Once I finished my new system, I added the raptors on the Intel Matrix ICH10R SATA, booted Vista, ran Raid 2 Raid and recovered all my files from 3 VIA raid partitions.
I'd say that was a great relief.
All in all, RAID 2 RAID worked very well for me!
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New items:
Asus P5Q Deluxe
Intel E8500 w/ Coolermaster 212
2 of 2x2GB Corsair Dominator PC8500 (= 8GB)
Visiontek Radeon HD4870
2x Seagate 7200.11 320GB
Vista 64 Home Premium (Full, so it can carry over)
Acronis DIsk Director 10 ... partition stuff on the fly.
Acronis True Image 11 Home ... PQDI revisited!
ESET Smart Security (2PC, 2yr, $100)
Carry over:
Sony DVD RW
Floppy!!!
Thermaltake Case (Tsunami, window)
Raidmax Volcano 630W (Actually very good, new system draws <350W o/c gaming, 230W normal according to UPS)
Maxtor 300GB Back up disk (I have image of seagate array at 3/5 size per partition because if you use more than 3/5 of a partition, your partition is too small).
Maxtor 5000DV with 300GB disk, external backup as above.
APC UPS RS1500, good for outages ... we get storms here!
Dell 2407 ... great monitor, as are all dell monitors.
Dell 3100cn ... great colour laser.
Epson R380 ... epson make the best photo printers.
About utilities:
Don't give Symantec your money! I was addicted to them since they incorporated Quarterdeck (Cleansweep) and Powerquest (Drive Image). It is bloatware, slows your system and causes conflicts.
I recommend ESET NOD or ESET Smart Security as antivirus and net protection, Acronis software for back ups and for changing disk structure on the fly. These are fast, friendly and well priced!
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