Can Vista access XP software raid stripe partition ?

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John Rivers

Hi

I am planning a dual boot vista / xp system with twin 250gb hard disks

In XP I will use the trick on toms hardware to enable software raid
Then XP will boot to a small mirror and access data on big fast stripe
I guess XP can not access a vista software stripe

> but can vista recognize an XP stripeset ? <

John
 
I doubt it, especially if you're using software RAID striping. That's done
in XP, not in hardware so when Vista is running it won't be running the
same disk access system and won't read it.

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"John Rivers" <first10@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I am planning a dual boot vista / xp system with twin 250gb hard disks
>
> In XP I will use the trick on toms hardware to enable software raid
> Then XP will boot to a small mirror and access data on big fast stripe
> I guess XP can not access a vista software stripe
>
>> but can vista recognize an XP stripeset ? <
>
> John
 
"John Rivers" <first10@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:6cc5579a-555c-4285-a990-54e920787e24@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
> Hi
>
> I am planning a dual boot vista / xp system with twin 250gb hard disks
>
> In XP I will use the trick on toms hardware to enable software raid
> Then XP will boot to a small mirror and access data on big fast stripe
> I guess XP can not access a vista software stripe
>
>> but can vista recognize an XP stripeset ? <


Works fine on 'hardware'* RAID-0 from onboard Intel ICH7R RAID controller on
my machine.

* Not true hardware RAID, as main CPU is used, unlike a true hardware RAID-5
card with its own CPU (expensive).

ss.
 
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