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Old 21-04-2011, 16:08   #9
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Re: New Dell Desktop

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Originally Posted by Zee View Post
Ok, thanks.

How do i make it RAID 1 and what does that do?
RAID 0 lays your data in 'stripes' across the 2 disks, so basically if 1 disk goes bad you've lost everything.

RAID 1 duplicates your data on both disks so you always have a backup copy.

IMHO there is absolutely no good reason for a home user to run RAID 0. The slight speed gain is just not worth the risk of data loss.
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