Windows XP home Dynamic Disk?

[foxkm]

Does anyone know if there are ANY hacks to make Windows XP Home SP2 support dynamic disks? I know Tom's hardware has a hack to allow Software RAID5 on XP Pro, but any for XP Home?

 

[Smilin]

I haven't heard of any myself, sorry.

I would recommend avoiding dynamic disks unless you truly need the features they offer. Although Raid 0,1 are fine, Raid 5 does not run well in software.

What are you trying to do exactly?

 

[RebateMonger]

If all you want is RAID 0 or RAID 1 support, consider buying an inexpensive PCI RAID card.

As Smilin mentions, I'd want to have a REALLY good reason to use a dynamic disk before I'd ever use one. And I haven't found that "good reason" yet.

As always, whether you go RAID or non-RAID, Basic or Dynamic, or whatever....keep ongoing backups of important data. Folks lose data from RAID, non-RAID, Basic, and Dynamic disks all the time for a multitude of reasons.

 

[Smilin]

Yep, Raid protects UPTIME, not DATA. Never a substitute for backups.


Raid 0/1 work just as well in software (although with limitations as to where they can be used sometimes). Nearly all hardware raid 0/1 cards are still offloading work to your CPU just like software.