Stupid computer!! -- help!!!!

[flymo]

Originally Posted by Jimmy2Feet

been working fine since windows 7 came out, so getting on for a year i think!

so i can only assume that it is a hardware malfunction! what is the best way (without spending money first) of working out if boot sector on drive, or the controller?

Flymo, I am running RAID 0, so no mirror, this is what concerns me about loosing all my data! It has been one of those i will back it all up at some point!

bugger, why would you use raid 0, this actually increases the chance of losing data.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by flymo

bugger, why would you use raid 0, this actually increases the chance of losing data.

Well when I get the cash to rebuild my busted Desktop (PSU in a Shuttle case....) I'm thinking of installing Win7 onto a RAID0 dual SSD setup - cos SSD's aren't fast enough - right ?

Probably make them big enough to install commonly used software on, but put all the "My Documents" and save directories on good old fashioned normal disks

[flymo]

Performance and storage increase is a benefit, but RAID0 is no place for unprotected important data.

I guess there are two sets of people, those who have lost data and those that will.

SK - I installed a fast SSD drive to a MacPro the other day, OMG the speed increase was incredible. These things have really come on in teh past few years.

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Well when I get the cash to rebuild my busted Desktop (PSU in a Shuttle case....) I'm thinking of installing Win7 onto a RAID0 dual SSD setup - cos SSD's aren't fast enough - right ?

Probably make them big enough to install commonly used software on, but put all the "My Documents" and save directories on good old fashioned normal disks

Exactly the reason i went for 0.

All my really important docs are on the other two stand along drives, that is the reason for having them, But i still have some docs on the main drive that will just be a pain to retrieve/re-do.

And a few photos that i would really like to not loose!! but will teach me a lesson if i do loose i suppose!

[hindle8907]

I have got one of these baby's on the way PCI SSD 50GB.

• Read: Up to 540 MB/s
• Write: Up to 450 MB/s
• Sustained Write: Up to 350 MB/s
• Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 70,000 IOPS

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...ress-ssd-.html

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by flymo

I guess there are two sets of people, those who have lost data and those that will.

Yep

Originally Posted by Jimmy2Feet

Exactly the reason i went for 0.

All my really important docs are on the other two stand along drives, that is the reason for having them, But i still have some docs on the main drive that will just be a pain to retrieve/re-do.

And a few photos that i would really like to not loose!! but will teach me a lesson if i do loose i suppose!

See above.

You have the Hardware in place, its your storage policy that is Teh Suxorz.

As long as your "Working" (as in the one you work from) drive is smaller than your "Storage" drives, just tell Windows to back up your Working Drive on a daily basis.

I run Raid 0, im fully aware of the pit falls. I run 2 1TB Samsung F3 and the reason I run Raid 0 is that I get 250MB transfer speeds which is pretty important for gaming.

If you use Windows backup in 7 then you should be reasonably safe like.

Only side note is, I've filled my 250GB backup drive so im goin to look into getting at least one other 1tb HDD maybe even 2 and extend the Raid 0 to 3 drives... 400MB/s here I come? Yea not as fast as SSD's but 3tb storage and similar transfer speeds for same price? hmmm.

Originally Posted by hindle8907

I have got one of these baby's on the way PCI SSD 50GB.

• Read: Up to 540 MB/s
• Write: Up to 450 MB/s
• Sustained Write: Up to 350 MB/s
• Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 70,000 IOPS

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...ress-ssd-.html

Wow! I look forward to your review. Shame its not a little bigger capacity as tbh 50GB really isnt enough and id mainly want it for gaming... Normal drives are good enough for OS stuff.

very true, One of those things that has not happened to me, and i always hoped that it wouldn't really!

Live and learn. Might go for RAID 1? (if that is the one that mirrors!) if i need to reformat! hopefully i wont tho.

Again can anyone help with any tests to run to find out if boot sector or controller?

I assume that if boot sector then my BIOS should still read the drive being there, and at least try to boot, but not get very far. Being that bios is only seeing the two drives individualy and not as a single drive (i.e. in RAID) then it should be the controller? which i should be able to swap out, and everything should work fine.

At which point i will back up everything and reinstall windows without using RAID 0!!

There should be an option to boot into the raid controller, or at least that is the case with most. Check in the bios that the HDD interface type is set to RAID. I know on mine I got a scare because for some reason the BIOS defaulted to stock and changed HDD interface to IDE.

What Mobo is it?

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

I run Raid 0, im fully aware of the pit falls. I run 2 1TB Samsung F3 and the reason I run Raid 0 is that I get 250MB transfer speeds which is pretty important for gaming.

If you use Windows backup in 7 then you should be reasonably safe like.

Only side note is, I've filled my 250GB backup drive so im goin to look into getting at least one other 1tb HDD maybe even 2 and extend the Raid 0 to 3 drives... 400MB/s here I come? Yea not as fast as SSD's but 3tb storage and similar transfer speeds for same price? hmmm.



Wow! I look forward to your review. Shame its not a little bigger capacity as tbh 50GB really isnt enough and id mainly want it for gaming... Normal drives are good enough for OS stuff.

again part of the reason for RAID 0 - but to be honest i couldn't even tell you the last time i used the PC for gaming, prob just the occasional little LAN session that me and a couple of mates organise to take us back to our youth! and for that same reason normally only play older games, so speed it not so much of an issue. And normally turned into just getting ****ed these days and not playing anything anyway!! haha!