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jimmatts

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June 15th, 2007 09:00

Shrink Raid-0

Is it possible to shrink Raid-0 without completely wiping out the data that exists?

C3PO5

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June 15th, 2007 14:00

Hi
Yes but make sure you have a good backup in place if it does fall on you.
On a second though i did it under Vista not sure if it will work for XP.
Have you did a search to see if your question has a answer.
Good Luck

jimmatts

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June 15th, 2007 22:00

Thanks for the response. What software did you use?

C3PO5

2.7K Posts

June 15th, 2007 22:00

Hi
I used disk manager in Vista it gives you the option to
shrink or expand the drive partitions .
Not sure if XP can do that with disk manager look in
disk manager if you have XP and see if the options are in there.
What OS are you using ?
 

jimmatts

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June 16th, 2007 08:00

I'm currently on XP. I have Vista and that is what I plan on using in the new partition.

C3PO5

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June 16th, 2007 13:00

Hi Jim
I am not sure if you can dual boot XP and Vista on a raid 0-1 setup i asked if
a person could dual boot on a raid setup and never got a response 
if it would work or not on a different news group because i could not find the
answer here on the Dell forum.
So i am going to try it and see if it will work but it would be dual booting Vista & Vista
on a raid -1 setup
I have a test PC that i built a few days ago so i can tell you if it will work or not .
i will know in a little bit if it will get back to you soon.
 

C3PO5

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June 16th, 2007 15:00

Hi Jim
It did not work it broke the raid -1 now i have 2 160 gb drives with
Vista enterprise on them., so i would not try it with raid-0 because raid-0
will be broke with all {data being lost}.
I think the only way you are going to get it to dual boot is brake the raid-0
Install XP first on the number one drive then install Vista on the number
two drive to get it to dual boot.
You may try it with a third drive but do not try to dual boot it .
i do not know if the raid broke because of it
writing a new master boot record or if it broke by the repartitioned drive{s} and
it not excepting the none raid driver or raid driver.
To many questions on this to try it.
Good Luck with whatever you do.
See Yea .
  
 
 

jimmatts

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June 17th, 2007 08:00

I was able to repartition my Raid-0 with Partition Magic 8. Then, I was able to install Vista Ultimate on the new partition. XP and Vista seem to dual boot just fine for me and I haven't lost any data.

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