[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think it's only a year + old, less than two, anyway. (I never remember > when I buy things exactly). But I did buy it sometime in the last year and a > half. > > I guess I could find out on the HP site. > > Very good point. > > Thanks, Peter.
Marnie, that machine almost certainly has a RAID controller built into it. A quick check, if you're comfortable doing it, would be to reboot and start the BIOS setup. Depending on which BIOS manufacturer HP used for that machine's mobo, it could be on just about any menu. :-) It probably would be on a menu related to setting up the chipset on the mobo. If you see any RAID setup options, you're golden. If not, it might still be there, but you'll need to consult HP, or someone who knows more than me about their machines. :-) If your machine /doesn't/ have it, you'll want a PATA or SATA card with RAID built into its firmware. When you install it in the machine, you should end up with some new BIOS settings you can use to configure the RAID. If you didn't know, for RAID mirroring you're going to want two drives with the same capacity, since you'll just lose any extra on the bigger drive when you set up the mirroring. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
