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04-30-2004, 12:20 PM
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|  win98 & Raid 0 ? Does Win98SE handle Raid 0? If so, how well? I set up Raid 0 for WinXP & it's awesome, I was thinking of trying it for 98 as well. |
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04-30-2004, 12:30 PM
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| Actually, Win98 is slightly faster than XP in Raid 0. Based on the Fat32 file system. The thing is to try out different stripes to determine which is fastest for you current set up. I think I had best results with 32kb stripe for C drive (about 10 gig) and 64bk stripe for the D drive (about 38gig). I think I used a Promise program to set the D drive. It has been a long time since I ran Win98Se...
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05-03-2004, 08:44 AM
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|  Thanks. I tried it out and it does work, but I had to reinstall a couple of times. I think it was Norton Ghost causing the problems but I'm not sure. As for Stripe size, the promise controller doesn't give me that option. The Intel controller did though. I use the Intel controller for XP and a stripe size of 64. It is a fair bit quicker than it was. Thanks. |
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