On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Justin Richards wrote: > As it appears to be software RAID 0 doesn't Windows need to be up > (particular the disk management service) before it appears to be a > logical disk. Before that it would just appear to be 2 separate > disks. Kinda chicken/egg thing. So I think the only way it would be > possible to boot an OS from 2 separate disks that are part of RAID 0 > would be to use hardware RAID which you dont want. > > I would use hardware RAID if I could, but I have two massive video cards taking up a total of 6 slots on an already large motherboard and case, and there's no more space for RAID controllers. When I mean massive, these things are HUGE: http://ca.asus.com/en/Graphics_Cards/AMD_Series/EAH6950_DCII2DI4S2GD5/ I cant fit any more cards in there. The cards even cover up the SATA ports, so I have to take out the cards to swap drives as it is. > I am not all that familiar with RAIDs but it looks like the goal is to > have a zippy OS, fast boot etc but not too concerned about data > transfer speeds. > That's correct. I want fast boots. SIGH, I guess I'll go with BIOS fake RAID then and keep daily backups on some other mass storage. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .