OK, I realise what I'm asking is a lot so I understand if no one answers or just gives me a link but I'm really confused.
To start with I have a 320GB Seagate Barracuda Serial ATA 7200rpm (2x160GB) Raid - 0 HDD.
Now I know nothing about raid and was wondering how it works with the above drive, do I actually have 2 drives of 160 gb or 1 320 gb drive partitioned? I can only see the C: drive so I'm presuming the second but if so where's the partition?
I also have the Athlon 64 FX-51 processor and this morning recieved the Windows XP 64-Bit Beta O/S through the post, so obviously would like to try it but have no idea on how to partition my drive if needed at all. I know about Partition magic but from reading the Windows help files it appears you don't need an outside program to partition your drive and I don't have a copy anyway, so how do I do it. I really wan't to install windows 98 on there as well and have read that 98 will not run on NTFS, so do I have to reformat the whole drive to FAT 32 or can I format partitions?
Basically I want to Install Windows XP (already on), Windows XP 64 bit edition and windows 98.
Like I said Raid means nothing to me and I have no third party partitioning software, so how do I do it, if it is at all possible.
Obviously I'm wasting the potential of raid but it came in a pre built system with no info on how to use it.
Many Thanks.
To start with I have a 320GB Seagate Barracuda Serial ATA 7200rpm (2x160GB) Raid - 0 HDD.
Now I know nothing about raid and was wondering how it works with the above drive, do I actually have 2 drives of 160 gb or 1 320 gb drive partitioned? I can only see the C: drive so I'm presuming the second but if so where's the partition?
I also have the Athlon 64 FX-51 processor and this morning recieved the Windows XP 64-Bit Beta O/S through the post, so obviously would like to try it but have no idea on how to partition my drive if needed at all. I know about Partition magic but from reading the Windows help files it appears you don't need an outside program to partition your drive and I don't have a copy anyway, so how do I do it. I really wan't to install windows 98 on there as well and have read that 98 will not run on NTFS, so do I have to reformat the whole drive to FAT 32 or can I format partitions?
Basically I want to Install Windows XP (already on), Windows XP 64 bit edition and windows 98.
Like I said Raid means nothing to me and I have no third party partitioning software, so how do I do it, if it is at all possible.
Obviously I'm wasting the potential of raid but it came in a pre built system with no info on how to use it.
Many Thanks.
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