2010-09-14, 12:55 AM
If anything I would recommend using RAID as the default as the RAID is hardware based and not software dependant. You shouldn't have any issues booting XP off the RAID array and you can dual boot it with Vista just fine. Just make sure the partitions are seperated and you have the RAID set for RAID 0.
IDE mode is for single disk boot only. I would do this... erase the drives and reformat the RAID array. Then, create two partitions, install XP to one partition, and then install Vista to the other partition. This way both will be on the RAID array and you won't have to keep messing with your BIOS each time you want to boot to another OS.
The good thing about your setup is... the RAID doesn't require drivers and is built into the BIOS. If it was a SCSI RAID PCI card then, yes drivers might be an issue.
IDE mode is for single disk boot only. I would do this... erase the drives and reformat the RAID array. Then, create two partitions, install XP to one partition, and then install Vista to the other partition. This way both will be on the RAID array and you won't have to keep messing with your BIOS each time you want to boot to another OS.
The good thing about your setup is... the RAID doesn't require drivers and is built into the BIOS. If it was a SCSI RAID PCI card then, yes drivers might be an issue.