m3a79-t raid win7

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i will be making a raid 1 setup with my barracuda 2x 1tb 7200.12`s and will be using the newest build of win-7x64 here in about an hr or so

do i need the ati raid drivers for the install, or does win7 work with out them and ill update them as soon as windows is installed?

currently backing up the 400gb of games and moves to another hdd, will take an hr or so
 

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Depends - is the RAID built into the chipset on your motherboard or via a third party (PCI/PCI-e card) interface?

On the first, you should probably not need anything - but check your motherboard's website to be sure.

On the second, almost definitely, although there is some RAID card support built in, external drivers are usually much much better.
 

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johngalt said:
Depends - is the RAID built into the chipset on your motherboard or via a third party (PCI/PCI-e card) interface?

On the first, you should probably not need anything - but check your motherboard's website to be sure.

On the second, almost definitely, although there is some RAID card support built in, external drivers are usually much much better.
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built in the mb... so i should be ok?
 

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Crosshair IV Formula
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2x 1TB barracuda
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1000w Xion
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Armor+ VH6000BWS
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I believe so - but I'd check with your mobo manufacturer just to be sure.
 

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you will need to have the floppy drive drivers. You know what i am talking about, and put that onto a USB thumb drive, than your set, WINDOWS will download your raid drivers for you. Well should, that's how it worked for me.
 

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Abit IC7-G
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PC-3200 (3.0) 2x512 Kingston 2x1024 Corsair
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Sapphire HD 3850 512mb DDR3 !AGP! Catalyst 9.9 HOTFIX
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Onbored
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(2) 3.5 Seagate 74 GB Raid-0 , 1 WD Raptor 10k 150 GB, (2) Seagate 300 GB
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This computer will become a good second computer until the time comes to buy a new computer.
Well, i needed the ATI raid (vista x64) drivers to install win 7 (newest). Oh well, atleast it works :P.

this is my first raid setup, never had any experiance with it and iv been building PCs for years. i most likly wont even notice much but as long as i know its there :P
thanks everyone

used raid1
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 PRO x64
CPU
Phenom II 1090T @ 4.00GHz
Motherboard
Crosshair IV Formula
Memory
8gb DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
1x ATI Diamond 5850
Monitor(s) Displays
50in HDTV (HDMI)
Screen Resolution
1080P
Hard Drives
2x 1TB barracuda
1x 1TB WD Black
1x 2TB WD
1x OCZ Vertex 2 40GB
PSU
1000w Xion
Case
Armor+ VH6000BWS
Cooling
W/C
Internet Speed
60Mbps down, 7 up
you won't notice the difference since you went with raid-1 and raid-1 is the back-up mode if i can remember. if you went raid-0 big difference. For me at least. raid-0 for c drive, D drive a 10k raptor 10k E,I, storage. so i feel the power.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
ME
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
CPU
P4 Northwood 3.0 Ghz @ 3.4 Ghz (512kb Cache :( )
Motherboard
Abit IC7-G
Memory
PC-3200 (3.0) 2x512 Kingston 2x1024 Corsair
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire HD 3850 512mb DDR3 !AGP! Catalyst 9.9 HOTFIX
Sound Card
Onbored
Monitor(s) Displays
Viewsonic G220fb
Screen Resolution
1600x1200
Hard Drives
(2) 3.5 Seagate 74 GB Raid-0 , 1 WD Raptor 10k 150 GB, (2) Seagate 300 GB
PSU
650w Antec
Case
Mid tower
Cooling
Air.
Keyboard
PS2 Generic
Mouse
MX 518
Internet Speed
ComCrap
Other Info
This computer will become a good second computer until the time comes to buy a new computer.
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