>I now have a new question. Can notebook (2.5 inch) hard drives be used in a
>RAID configuration?

Assuming you have the rare laptop that will let you internally 
install two hard drives, then yes, you can run RAID 0 using SOFTWARE 
=  windows OS . As a general rule Hardware RAID = a RAID controller, 
is always going to be faster then software = OS RAID, but I have not 
found that to be true on cheap, hardware raid controllers which are 
more trouble then they are worth. My advice to you, however, is to 
forget about RAID, and get a SSD drive for your OS,  which will be 
faster then any RAID solution, and then run a Large SATA drive, 
internal or external for your media.

Mark Rode

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