runnind dual hard drives

so i built a computer finally haha

computer specs

Amd Athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.20 GHz
2 gig kingston hyperx dual core
64 bit windows vista
asus M2A-VM Motherboard with inteegreated graphics.
Nvidia geforce 6200 vid card
80 gig hard drive currently formated with windows vista 64 bit
500 gig hard drive


now my question to u is there a link to a page that can walk me thru running
a dual hard drive setup on my compueter. my pc guy works alot and i have
never dont anything with dual hard drives. and im trying to have this set up
for it.

pc works fine right now minues driver problem for vid card. but i need to
know what i need to do to set it up for dual hard drives.

if u could help it would be much appreciated. ty for ur time
mark

"lovetogame200" <> wrote in message
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> so i built a computer finally haha
>
> computer specs
>
> Amd Athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.20 GHz
> 2 gig kingston hyperx dual core
> 64 bit windows vista
> asus M2A-VM Motherboard with inteegreated graphics.
> Nvidia geforce 6200 vid card
> 80 gig hard drive currently formated with windows vista 64 bit
> 500 gig hard drive
>
>
> now my question to u is there a link to a page that can walk me thru
> running
> a dual hard drive setup on my compueter. my pc guy works alot and i have
> never dont anything with dual hard drives. and im trying to have this set
> up
> for it.
>
> pc works fine right now minues driver problem for vid card. but i need to
> know what i need to do to set it up for dual hard drives.
>
> if u could help it would be much appreciated. ty for ur time
> mark

I don't think setting up and running Vista64 is the wisest choice for you
based on several aspects of your post(s)...

why is that?

"Augustus" wrote:

>
> "lovetogame200" <> wrote in message
> news:00C70FEF-EB5D-4C15-9CCC-...
> > so i built a computer finally haha
> >
> > computer specs
> >
> > Amd Athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.20 GHz
> > 2 gig kingston hyperx dual core
> > 64 bit windows vista
> > asus M2A-VM Motherboard with inteegreated graphics.
> > Nvidia geforce 6200 vid card
> > 80 gig hard drive currently formated with windows vista 64 bit
> > 500 gig hard drive
> >
> >
> > now my question to u is there a link to a page that can walk me thru
> > running
> > a dual hard drive setup on my compueter. my pc guy works alot and i have
> > never dont anything with dual hard drives. and im trying to have this set
> > up
> > for it.
> >
> > pc works fine right now minues driver problem for vid card. but i need to
> > know what i need to do to set it up for dual hard drives.
> >
> > if u could help it would be much appreciated. ty for ur time
> > mark
>
> I don't think setting up and running Vista64 is the wisest choice for you
> based on several aspects of your post(s)...
>
>
>

> why is that?>
Probably because your post makes you look like an idiot. It's poorly written
with lots of misspelling and makes it hard to read.

"lovetogame200" <> wrote in message
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> why is that?
>
> "Augustus" wrote:
>
>>
>> "lovetogame200" <> wrote in message
>> news:00C70FEF-EB5D-4C15-9CCC-...
>> > so i built a computer finally haha
>> >
>> > computer specs
>> >
>> > Amd Athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.20 GHz
>> > 2 gig kingston hyperx dual core
>> > 64 bit windows vista
>> > asus M2A-VM Motherboard with inteegreated graphics.
>> > Nvidia geforce 6200 vid card
>> > 80 gig hard drive currently formated with windows vista 64 bit
>> > 500 gig hard drive
>> >
>> >
>> > now my question to u is there a link to a page that can walk me thru
>> > running
>> > a dual hard drive setup on my compueter. my pc guy works alot and i
>> > have
>> > never dont anything with dual hard drives. and im trying to have this
>> > set
>> > up
>> > for it.
>> >
>> > pc works fine right now minues driver problem for vid card. but i need
>> > to
>> > know what i need to do to set it up for dual hard drives.
>> >
>> > if u could help it would be much appreciated. ty for ur time
>> > mark
>>
>> I don't think setting up and running Vista64 is the wisest choice for you
>> based on several aspects of your post(s)...
>>
>>
>>

sorry i didnt bring my spell checker with me today oops.

u dont wanna help or cant read it then dont reply its not that hard to do is.

"Jake" wrote:

> > why is that?>
> Probably because your post makes you look like an idiot. It's poorly written
> with lots of misspelling and makes it hard to read.
>
> "lovetogame200" <> wrote in message
> news:EA924EB5-8068-48A7-8716-...
> > why is that?
> >
> > "Augustus" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "lovetogame200" <> wrote in message
> >> news:00C70FEF-EB5D-4C15-9CCC-...
> >> > so i built a computer finally haha
> >> >
> >> > computer specs
> >> >
> >> > Amd Athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.20 GHz
> >> > 2 gig kingston hyperx dual core
> >> > 64 bit windows vista
> >> > asus M2A-VM Motherboard with inteegreated graphics.
> >> > Nvidia geforce 6200 vid card
> >> > 80 gig hard drive currently formated with windows vista 64 bit
> >> > 500 gig hard drive
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > now my question to u is there a link to a page that can walk me thru
> >> > running
> >> > a dual hard drive setup on my compueter. my pc guy works alot and i
> >> > have
> >> > never dont anything with dual hard drives. and im trying to have this
> >> > set
> >> > up
> >> > for it.
> >> >
> >> > pc works fine right now minues driver problem for vid card. but i need
> >> > to
> >> > know what i need to do to set it up for dual hard drives.
> >> >
> >> > if u could help it would be much appreciated. ty for ur time
> >> > mark
> >>
> >> I don't think setting up and running Vista64 is the wisest choice for you
> >> based on several aspects of your post(s)...
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

ARE THE DRIVES SATA OR EIDE?
THE EIDE DRIVES MUST BE JUMPERED AS MASTER/SLAVE IF ON THE SAME CABLE, IF
SEPARATE CABLES, EACH CAN BE LEFT AS MASTER, IF SHARING A CABLE WITH A
CD/DVD DRIVE, THE JUMPERS MUST BE SET TO EITHER MASTER OR SLAVE (THE
OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE CD/DVD IS JUMPERED AS)
IF SATA, EACH HAS IT'S OWN CABLE AND YOU JUST PLUG IT IN.
IF YOU MEAN RAID, THERE ARE SEVERAL VARIATIONS AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHICH YOU
ARE USING.
"lovetogame200" <> wrote in message
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> so i built a computer finally haha
>
> computer specs
>
> Amd Athlon(tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.20 GHz
> 2 gig kingston hyperx dual core
> 64 bit windows vista
> asus M2A-VM Motherboard with inteegreated graphics.
> Nvidia geforce 6200 vid card
> 80 gig hard drive currently formated with windows vista 64 bit
> 500 gig hard drive
>
>
> now my question to u is there a link to a page that can walk me thru
> running
> a dual hard drive setup on my compueter. my pc guy works alot and i have
> never dont anything with dual hard drives. and im trying to have this set
> up
> for it.
>
> pc works fine right now minues driver problem for vid card. but i need to
> know what i need to do to set it up for dual hard drives.
>
> if u could help it would be much appreciated. ty for ur time
> mark

The drives are seriail ata. they have there own seirial ata cables connected
to the motherboard i read something else ealeir this evening about raid but i
dont know to much about it so i dont know what u mean.

"Not Me" wrote:

> ARE THE DRIVES SATA OR EIDE?
> THE EIDE DRIVES MUST BE JUMPERED AS MASTER/SLAVE IF ON THE SAME CABLE, IF
> SEPARATE CABLES, EACH CAN BE LEFT AS MASTER, IF SHARING A CABLE WITH A
> CD/DVD DRIVE, THE JUMPERS MUST BE SET TO EITHER MASTER OR SLAVE (THE
> OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE CD/DVD IS JUMPERED AS)
> IF SATA, EACH HAS IT'S OWN CABLE AND YOU JUST PLUG IT IN.
> IF YOU MEAN RAID, THERE ARE SEVERAL VARIATIONS AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHICH YOU
> ARE USING.

ok i just read up some on it. i believe im looking for a raid 1 setup. my pc
guy mention someone that sounded simliar to that. whatever the best setup for
me would be keeping in mind im a gamer

"Not Me" <> wrote in message
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> ARE THE DRIVES SATA OR EIDE?
> THE EIDE DRIVES MUST BE JUMPERED AS MASTER/SLAVE IF ON THE SAME CABLE, IF
> SEPARATE CABLES, EACH CAN BE LEFT AS MASTER, IF SHARING A CABLE WITH A
> CD/DVD DRIVE, THE JUMPERS MUST BE SET TO EITHER MASTER OR SLAVE (THE
> OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE CD/DVD IS JUMPERED AS)

No, not true. Both drives, if IDE, can be set on the same cable with the
same jumper position (Cable Select) OR be configured with jumpers as master
and slave. This option has been around for years. As for setting up a m/b
controller based RAID system in Vista64 with an 80Gig and 500Gig SATA drives
as the primary array in RAID1, please feel free to give him your all caps
advice.

Oh boy, holier than thou are we?
Until he replied back with his desired configuration, my advice gives him a
place to start.
The cable select option is available, but not necessarily on every board.
If he doesn't have a basic understanding of how things work, he needs
specific advice, and in my experience not always several different options
to confuse a beginner.
If I had listed all the possiblilties, I'd still be typing my initial reply.
I sure wish I knew everything!

"Augustus" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Not Me" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> ARE THE DRIVES SATA OR EIDE?
>> THE EIDE DRIVES MUST BE JUMPERED AS MASTER/SLAVE IF ON THE SAME CABLE, IF
>> SEPARATE CABLES, EACH CAN BE LEFT AS MASTER, IF SHARING A CABLE WITH A
>> CD/DVD DRIVE, THE JUMPERS MUST BE SET TO EITHER MASTER OR SLAVE (THE
>> OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE CD/DVD IS JUMPERED AS)
>
> No, not true. Both drives, if IDE, can be set on the same cable with the
> same jumper position (Cable Select) OR be configured with jumpers as
> master and slave. This option has been around for years. As for setting
> up a m/b controller based RAID system in Vista64 with an 80Gig and 500Gig
> SATA drives as the primary array in RAID1, please feel free to give him
> your all caps advice.
>