Windows Raid array - Defrag?

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  1. LaughingJon

    LaughingJon What's a Dremel?

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    My PC has become very laggy all of a sudden so trying to figure out why and thought it could well be because i havent defraged her since i build her.

    So is it okay to run winblows defragger on a HD which is using RAID0?

    Sorry for the noob question, but i thought i better check rather than risk loosing 140gig of data LOL :D

    Cheers
    Jon
     
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  2. Boldar

    Boldar Minimodder

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    I defrag my Raid0 all the time, never had a problem with it, but as always it's worth while backing up first.

    I use Diskkeeper 7 for what it's worth.

    Windows only see's Raided disk sets as one disk.
     
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    LaughingJon What's a Dremel?

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    so best not to use the winblows one, try one of these others?

    k will do that :D

    Cheers
    Jon
     
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    severedhead What's a Dremel?

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    I've been defragging my raid0 array with Windows defragger since I originally set it up and never had a problem. The only difference is that it does it uber-fast!
     
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  5. LaughingJon

    LaughingJon What's a Dremel?

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    cool cheers for the info [SeVeReDhEaD] but i grabbed a version of diskeeper which seems to have done the job :D

    Laters
    Jon
     
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