Shrink Raid-0

Question

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

C3PO5 · Answer

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 · Answer

Thanks for the response. What software did you use?

C3PO5 · Answer

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 · Answer

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

C3PO5 · Answer

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 · Answer

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 · Answer

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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