SM Ling wrote:

> Sorry for the wait, the short answer is RAID1 drive boots OK in few tests.
> 
> Just in case some are also thinking to do the same, this is my short log:
> 1. Bought 2 SATA 500GB (best value for money here) and SATA cables, and a
> 80plus(high efficency) power supply.  The power supply is to save power,
> lower room temperature, as well as for the special SATA power plugs.
> 
> 2. CHKDSK the old IDE HD.
> 3. Clone old IDE HD to one of the 500GB.  This shall be the source, and note
> the channel number.  Cloning takes time.  I got several sector copy
> problems, skip all by ignoring them.
> 4. Remove the old HD from system, boot SATA drive as non RAID.
> 5. Install RAID chip driver in win OS.  Without this, win OS shall become
> unstable.
> 6. Put in the mirror drive.  Note the channel number. Setup the RAID
> settings in BIOS to RAID1, and perform the CREATE process which do the
> mirroring.  Mirroring takes time.
> 7. Done.  If no alarm raise later, the system should be OK.  Happier but
> S$500 poorer.

If I read this correctly, you didn't check whether each of the disks boots
by itself without being connected to the RAID controller. The interesting
part would be to imagine that your controller is defect, disconnect both
disks from it, connect one of the disks to a different controller (ideally
on the same machine) and try to boot off it.

Gerhard

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