You have an Adaptec card; visit www.adaptec.com for the required scsi raid
controler card - or Promise, Highpoint etc


"David Jones" <davejones@rmit.edu.au.nospamplease> wrote in message
news:6530F2AE-A5B0-42A6-B37C-1C60F64E2BE1@microsoft.com...
> I have a HP system with 2 SCSI drives (38Gig) (identical).
> Up until now I have used the first for system and apps and the second for
> data.
> I have just add a largish IDE drive for data so I want to mirror the
system
> drive with the 2nd SCSI drive.
>
> From readings, XP can't handle disk mirroring (ie SW mirror).
> Q1. Why then is it even a greyed out option in disk manager?..Confusing.
> Q2. Why did MS not make it available in XP professional? Is it available
in
> Vista?
>
> I guess that hw mirroring is what is required.
> My current controller is Adaptec AIC-7902-Ultra320 SCSI.
> I assume that I can't do hw mirroring with it..??
> Q4. Can I get a SCSI controller that supports disk mirroring?
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> David Jones
> Senior Lecturer
> School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
> RMIT University
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