spring cleaning

I want to undertake a project of reorganizing my PC, but am uncertain
as to how to exactly proceed.
I have:
ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
Pentium D-805 2.66 gHz
Windows XP pro SP2
Corsair XM52 1 G (2x512) DDR2 800
C: WD 2500KS 232g available/ 12.7g used
D: WD 2500KS 232G available/ 87.4g used
G: external usb HDD 186g available/ 104g used

I have all my data on the external drive and all the programs on the C
drive. the stuff on the D drive is where I attempted to copy the G
onto the D as a backup (so that 87.4g can be wiped)
But I abandoned that.
I want to RAID 0 the C&D drives, run everything off them and use the G
drive as a backup.
I do not want to loose all the settings and programs currently on the
C drive.

So getting all the stuff on Cinto a safe place, then reconfiguring C &
D for the RAID; then reloading the settings and programs onto the RAID
pair alsong with all the data currently on the G drive.

And establishing a good backup/archive system using the G drive
properly.
maybe I should seek local talent and pay him/her,
but I'd really like to try to do this myself as a learning experience.

The RAID setup seemed to scare the guy who did the initial install/
setup of my PC.

The stuff on the G drive is pretty safe, and I can reload all the
programs which are on the c-drive, only getting all the settings
working and so firth has been an ongoing process and my free time is
limited.

Ken
Sun May 04 08:20:26 PDT 2008

On Sun, 4 May 2008 07:48:29 -0700 (PDT), "timO'"
<timothy.w.oleary@verizon.net> wrote:

> I want to undertake a project of reorganizing my PC, but am uncertain
> as to how to exactly proceed.
> I have:
> ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
> Pentium D-805 2.66 gHz
> Windows XP pro SP2
> Corsair XM52 1 G (2x512) DDR2 800
> C: WD 2500KS 232g available/ 12.7g used
> D: WD 2500KS 232G available/ 87.4g used
> G: external usb HDD 186g available/ 104g used
>
> I have all my data on the external drive and all the programs on the C
> drive. the stuff on the D drive is where I attempted to copy the G
> onto the D as a backup (so that 87.4g can be wiped)
> But I abandoned that.
> I want to RAID 0 the C&D drives, run everything off them and use the G
> drive as a backup.


My recommendation is that you do not do this. Although RAID0 sounds
like it gives substantial speed improvement, in practice the actual
improvement is usually almost unnoticeable. And it has a severe
downside: if either drive fails, you lose everything on both drives.

I used to run RAID0 on this machine, and stopped using it several
months ago. I decided that the increased risk wasn't worth the very
small speed improvement. My experience since then has been what I
expected. I can't discern any difference in speed with or without the
RAID0.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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timO'
Sun May 04 17:54:02 PDT 2008

On May 4, 11:20 am, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 May 2008 07:48:29 -0700 (PDT), "timO'"
>
>
>
> <timothy.w.ole...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > I want to undertake a project of reorganizing my PC, but am uncertain
> > as to how to exactly proceed.
> > I have:
> > ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
> > Pentium D-805 2.66 gHz
> > Windows XP pro SP2
> > Corsair XM52 1 G (2x512) DDR2 800
> > C: WD 2500KS 232g available/ 12.7g used
> > D: WD 2500KS 232G available/ 87.4g used
> > G: external usb HDD 186g available/ 104g used
>
> > I have all my data on the external drive and all the programs on the C
> > drive. the stuff on the D drive is where I attempted to copy the G
> > onto the D as a backup (so that 87.4g can be wiped)
> > But I abandoned that.
> > I want to RAID 0 the C&D drives, run everything off them and use the G
> > drive as a backup.
>
> My recommendation is that you do not do this. Although RAID0 sounds
> like it gives substantial speed improvement, in practice the actual
> improvement is usually almost unnoticeable. And it has a severe
> downside: if either drive fails, you lose everything on both drives.
>
> I used to run RAID0 on this machine, and stopped using it several
> months ago. I decided that the increased risk wasn't worth the very
> small speed improvement. My experience since then has been what I
> expected. I can't discern any difference in speed with or without the
> RAID0.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

thanks i take your comments under advisement

Ken
Sun May 04 18:13:28 PDT 2008

On Sun, 4 May 2008 17:54:02 -0700 (PDT), "timO'"
<timothy.w.oleary@verizon.net> wrote:

> On May 4, 11:20 am, "Ken Blake, MVP"
> <kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote:
> > On Sun, 4 May 2008 07:48:29 -0700 (PDT), "timO'"
> >
> >
> >
> > <timothy.w.ole...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > I want to undertake a project of reorganizing my PC, but am uncertain
> > > as to how to exactly proceed.
> > > I have:
> > > ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
> > > Pentium D-805 2.66 gHz
> > > Windows XP pro SP2
> > > Corsair XM52 1 G (2x512) DDR2 800
> > > C: WD 2500KS 232g available/ 12.7g used
> > > D: WD 2500KS 232G available/ 87.4g used
> > > G: external usb HDD 186g available/ 104g used
> >
> > > I have all my data on the external drive and all the programs on the C
> > > drive. the stuff on the D drive is where I attempted to copy the G
> > > onto the D as a backup (so that 87.4g can be wiped)
> > > But I abandoned that.
> > > I want to RAID 0 the C&D drives, run everything off them and use the G
> > > drive as a backup.
> >
> > My recommendation is that you do not do this. Although RAID0 sounds
> > like it gives substantial speed improvement, in practice the actual
> > improvement is usually almost unnoticeable. And it has a severe
> > downside: if either drive fails, you lose everything on both drives.
> >
> > I used to run RAID0 on this machine, and stopped using it several
> > months ago. I decided that the increased risk wasn't worth the very
> > small speed improvement. My experience since then has been what I
> > expected. I can't discern any difference in speed with or without the
> > RAID0.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
> thanks i take your comments under advisement


You're welcome. Glad to help.


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