Thread: Windows 7 64bit and 32bit HD Compatability?

Ah good point! Thanks again, Steven Bobby Johnson wrote: > Win 7 x64 drivers for the RAID host will be needed. Make sure you can > obtain them before you start. > > > Steven Hilgendorf wrote: >> Hello, >> >> This is my first experience with 64bit Windows so please ignore my >> ignorance. I will be clean installing 64bit Windows 7 on a raid array...

Why would the content get "zapped"? You're going to be formatting the array, fine, but that won't change the data drive. I also think that having RAID0 is a really bad idea, since it does double your chance of failure. And while you might have a good backup, it's still a pain. -- Charlie. http:/msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 "Steven Hilgendorf" <stevenmh@wi.rr.com> wrote in message...

Win 7 x64 drivers for the RAID host will be needed. Make sure you can obtain them before you start. Steven Hilgendorf wrote: > Hello, > > This is my first experience with 64bit Windows so please ignore my > ignorance. I will be clean installing 64bit Windows 7 on a raid array > and I'm wondering if the new Windows 7 system will recognize an existing > formated 32bit IDE hard drive? This IDE drive...

On 24/10/2009 in message <euBdjGMVKHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl> Steven Hilgendorf wrote: >Hello, > >This is my first experience with 64bit Windows so please ignore my >ignorance. I will be clean installing 64bit Windows 7 on a raid array and >I'm wondering if the new Windows 7 system will recognize an existing >formated 32bit IDE hard drive? This IDE drive contains documents, files,...