Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote: > Bryan J. Smith wrote: > >> "Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote: >> >>> ??? I thought XP Pro can use LDM and striping/mirroring, just >>> like Windows 2000 Pro ??? >> >> >> >> Just FYI, you have to use a Logical Disk Manager (LDM) >> Disk Label** (aka "Dynamic Disk") to use the software RAID >> features of Windows 2000 Pro and XP Pro (not sure about >> XP Home, what it offers). > > > On 2000 Pro and XP Home/Pro, the option is there, but either grayed out > or there's popup screen informing you that it works only on Server and > up (don't remember anymore). You need to have at least Server version > of Windows in order to use it. Unless of course you managed to hack > something in the registry to enable it (in which case you violated > licencing agreement, and sure, I'd like to know how you did it ;-). If you can read german - there is a "raidpatch" (short) documentation and zipfile for W2K SP4 and WXP SP2 at http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/05/03/090/ . The warning (at http://www.heise.de/ct/05/14/166/default.shtml) is: if a Microsoft patch affects the patched files then you might loose the functionality again - and maybe your data, too. So you should make an image of your system partition before you apply a MS patch. hope this helps, Kay > Currently, the only software RAID option for 2000 Pro and XP Home/Pro > are those fake RAID controllers with their specialized drivers (I'm not > aware of any 3rd party general purpuse software RAID drivers for Windows). > > Of course, all this holds only if Microsoft hasn't decided to unlock the > feature in one of the service packs (which I doubt).