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withanhdammit
Junior Member
USA
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 Posted - 02 April 2005 : 00:12:01
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Good point Gremlin, if you can't add a hardware RAID, then doing the software mirror is the next best bet.
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muzishun
Senior Member
United States
1079 Posts |
Posted - 02 April 2005 : 03:52:30
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| How would that affect my CD-ROMs? I've got a CD-RW drive and a CD-ROM drive. Currently (until the crash) I had the two CD drives on one IDE channel, and the two HDDs on the other channel. In a situation like this, is it still possible to software mirror? |
Bill Parrott
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withanhdammit
Junior Member
USA
236 Posts |
Posted - 02 April 2005 : 10:32:06
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Not really. You've already got 4 IDE devices. Most motherboards of your "age" only have 2 IDE channels, only giving you 4 devices. And, since you only have 2 PCI slots and they're both being used...you're kind of in a tough place. You'd need to be willing to remove the CD-ROM to make room for a new hard drive.
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muzishun
Senior Member
United States
1079 Posts |
Posted - 02 April 2005 : 15:40:18
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| What I've decided to do is keep the old 20gb that I have now in addition to my new 160gb that Maxtor is sending me. Once I get the money, I'll replace the 20gb with another 160gb and do a software mirror on the two drives. I've never filled up 160 anyways, so might as well keep myself safe. :) |
Bill Parrott
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Co-Owner and Code Monkey, Eternal Second Designs (www.eternalsecond.com)
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cmerwitzer
New Member
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Posted - 04 April 2005 : 21:22:06
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If I am not too late, let me suggest that you install the trouble drive as a SLAVE on the same cable as a working drive.
I have had this happen to me in the past with just about every brand of drive. Letting the master drive do the work usually does the trick.
Also, may I suggest something for backups? I have a 200gb IDE hard disk that I have in a USB housing. This allows me to take the drive from machine to machine easily. I use Acronis True Image to image my drives, and I do this every other day. If you lose a drive it is very easy to boot into Acronis (you make an Acronis boot CD at install) and restore an image in minutes.
Good luck!
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muzishun
Senior Member
United States
1079 Posts |
Posted - 05 April 2005 : 01:21:22
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| Well, the drive was a slave drive, and the controller board was fried, so there really wasn't any hope unless I wanted to pay to have the data recovered. Acronis sounds like it might be a good program to have. What's the cost on it, and where can I learn more? |
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Hamlin
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05 April 2005 : 04:19:58
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quote:
Originally posted by muzishun
Well, the drive was a slave drive, and the controller board was fried, so there really wasn't any hope unless I wanted to pay to have the data recovered. Acronis sounds like it might be a good program to have. What's the cost on it, and where can I learn more?
I got it from Amazon the other day for about £16. I found it very easy to create an image, but have not yet had to restore one. http://www.acronis.com/ |
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muzishun
Senior Member
United States
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Posted - 05 April 2005 : 11:55:25
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| Thanks. |
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