junker

Hi, this is my first time on here and am hoping I can get some help or suggestions.

My currrent machine uses two IDE HD in raid 1 so I wont lose data if one goes out. I currently got a virus that did a number on the machine and I was able to get rid of the virus but it changed enough settings everything runs slow and not all functions still work and I am going to need to reinstall the OS . Instead of doing this I am looking at building a new computer but trying to decide on how to set up the hard drive configuration.

What I would like is to run two sata drives in raid 1 for the OS and another set of sata drives in raid 1 for my data (music, photos, work). Thought behind this is that if I need to reinstall OS that I do not have to worry about my data and the reason for the raid 1 on both sets is I wont have down time if a drive fails, a little redundant but hopefully it will save me time in the long run.

First, can this be done using just MoBo? Currently looking at MSI P7N Diamond. Can it be done using raid controller (prefered method)? Which one? Are there other ways to get the same results

Thanks for all the help.