Xp raid 1

I purchased a Seagate 1TB HD and would like to establish a Raid 1 connection. How can I do this I WinXP3 Pro.

Thank you,
Kyle

 

Sorry,

I am running WinXP3 with a Pentium 4 3GB, 1.5Gb memory. 80GB Western Digital and 120 GB Maxtor IDE's. Asus PM800-M2 mother. 2 Sata's and 2 IDE's.

Thanks
Kyle

 

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Activation Status Activated
Checked Build No
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
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Kernel Version 5.1.2600.5938
Security 128 bits, 40 bits
Product Name Microsoft Windows XP
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Windows Update's version number 7.4.7600.226
Automatic Updates Automatic (Recommended)
Next Detection Time 2010-06-28 13:46:14
Scheduled Install Every Day @ 11:00 AM
System Restore Enabled

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You would need 2 identical [not necessary but makes the whole process much easier] disks for RAID 1 [also called mirroring] to work plus another hard disk for installing Windows XP if you want XP to look after your RAID partitions.

You can create a RAID thru your motherboard BIOS also, in which case you would need a BIOS which supports RAID & 2 identical hard disks.

However, the preferred way is to get a dedicated hardware RAID controller card if you don't want the system to crawl & to make sure that your data is safe.