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How do I setup Raid 0?

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In more details, you have to :

1- Backup any data you need to backup;

2- Power down system and make sure both drives are connected via SATA cable to 2 ports (on your motherboard) that share the same raid controller;

3- Boot up, enter bios and choose "RAID" under SATA MODE in the peripheral options of the correct BIOS section;

4- Reboot and hit Ctrl+i (should be before bios popup screen) to enter intel's raid configuration;

5- Choose the raid mode you want (i.e. 0), choose the 2 drives you want to pair (must be similar to avoid future errors, and must be raid compatible) and accept the partition creation (this will wipe the drives);

6- Reboot and install windows on the raid 0 partition you created;

7- Install Intel's raid drivers;

8- ...

9- Profit.

I have 2 500gb hdds which i'd like to setup in a Raid 0 array.

Specs-

Windows 7
Intel Core i5- 4430
MSI Z87-G41 Motherboard
EVGA 750ti
8gb ram
2 500gb hdds

How to create the array and will i lose windows?
Also my motherboard advertises something called super raid. What is this?

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Will you be using your current HDD to setup RAID?

If so, please ensure that you have created an image backup of your PC.

RAID 0 provides higher speed with greater chance of HDD failure. You will not be able to recover any data if either one of the drive fails.

If you still want to setup RAID 0 with your current HDDs, you must first back up your Data in an image form and then format the drives. After formatting, you will need to enter your motherboard BIOS to setup RAID 0 configuration which is a very straightforward process. After the setup, save and exit BIOS, perform a cold boot(shut down and power on) and apply the disk images.

Hope it helps! :)

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In more details, you have to :

1- Backup any data you need to backup;

2- Power down system and make sure both drives are connected via SATA cable to 2 ports (on your motherboard) that share the same raid controller;

3- Boot up, enter bios and choose "RAID" under SATA MODE in the peripheral options of the correct BIOS section;

4- Reboot and hit Ctrl+i (should be before bios popup screen) to enter intel's raid configuration;

5- Choose the raid mode you want (i.e. 0), choose the 2 drives you want to pair (must be similar to avoid future errors, and must be raid compatible) and accept the partition creation (this will wipe the drives);

6- Reboot and install windows on the raid 0 partition you created;

7- Install Intel's raid drivers;

8- ...

9- Profit.

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Please keep in mind that RAID 0 stripping cuts the usable storage space of your HDD in half, therefore you will only have 500 GB of storage in your RAID 0 setup.

 

RAID 0 provides higher speed with greater chance of HDD failure. You will not be able to recover any data if either one of the drive fails.

i think you have your RAIDs mixed up RAID 0 will store half of your data one one drive and the other half one the other one so you keep the capacity of both drives, double your performance and double your chance of losing all of your data.

RAID 1 will store the same data on both drives so you will have the capacity of one drive, the performance of one drive and half the chance of losing all of your data.

 

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i think you have your RAIDs mixed up RAID 0 will store half of your data one one drive and the other half one the other one so you keep the capacity of both drives, double your performance and double your chance of losing all of your data.

RAID 1 will store the same data on both drives so you will have the capacity of one drive, the performance of one drive and half the chance of losing all of your data.

 

Thanks for the correction! :)

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