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02-06-2009, 04:51 PM
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Question on Second Hard Drive
I got my computer back today and a Rosewill SATA + Ultra ATA Raid Controller was installed to bypass the messed up capacitors on my motherboard. I am using the 1 TB hard drive as the sole drive. My understanding is that at this point I am not using raid, but if I want to add a second hard drive I will have to and I will likely have to reinstall Windows. Is that true?
I presume I can still use external hard drives and the like since they use USB and not the motherboard or controller card. Is that correct? |
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02-06-2009, 04:58 PM
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You can add another hard drive, then you format it from disk management, who ever told you that you have to reinstall windows is full of crap.
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02-06-2009, 05:29 PM
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I think he said I am not using raid right now even though the card is a raid card. Does that make sense?
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02-06-2009, 05:57 PM
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It may be a RAID card, but a RAID card can handle multiple drives without having to configure a RAID.
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02-06-2009, 06:08 PM
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Thanks guys. It doesn't instill a lot of confidence that he didn't know that. This is a repair shop / authorized reseller. I may have to give it a shot in a few days.
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02-06-2009, 06:15 PM
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Here is the card I have: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816132009
I saw it mentioned jumpering on the card. I will have to see how it is set up if I do that. |
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