Raid 0 confused

iineviidable · Dec 4, 2013

So this is the first time I've ever setup raid.
And I used 2 2tb seagate drives and it came up like this in disk manager.
http://puu.sh/5BU9e.png
Is that normal cause i thought i should have a bit under 4tb. And I can't format the 1678.03gb unallocated space.
Any help is much appreciated.

hubbardt · Dec 4, 2013

What operating system are you using? Windows 7?
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267657-32-working-windows-install-disk-larger

If you want to be able to boot from this partition you will need to format as GPT and your motherboard has to be relatively new to support booting from >2TB
http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/236465-raid-0-4-tb-setup-windows-7-install.html

Will this be your boot partition or just a data one?
You do realize that with RAID0 if one drive breaks then all data is lost?

ronintexas · Dec 4, 2013

In diskmanager, if you right click on the "RAID0 F:" and choose "extend volume", you should be able to extend it across the entire RAID array.

One question I would have for you, RAID0 is great to combine two drives into one, IF it is absolutely necessary (i.e. Windows Media Center requires a single drive for storing your recordings). The risk of doing this, if either drive dies - you lose your entire drive.

With Windows, drive letters are becoming obsolete - you can choose where your libraries are located....it would be a better choice to use both drives in a non-RAID setup.

iineviidable · Dec 4, 2013

hubbardt :

Its windows 7
z77x-ud3h motherboard
and yes i know its a higher risk i won't be booting from it, just storing a lot of games on it.

iineviidable · Dec 4, 2013

ronintexas :

I'm pretty much just storing games on it so if 1 fails I honestly couldnt care less.
And its not letting me extend thats why i posted here.

ronintexas · Dec 4, 2013

If the drive is blank - have you tried removing the partitions and recreating them?

If it still doesn't work - have you gone into the RAID BIOS and ensured that a RAID partition has been setup?

laviniuc · Dec 4, 2013

the setting is fine but the problem is the way you created the partition system:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2581408

however, you might reconsider the raid 0 completely. for personal use it's just not worth the risk

iineviidable · Dec 4, 2013

laviniuc :

Nailed it, made it a GPT disk and it works fine thanks for the link. I'm just using it for games and i make regular back ups but i may switch back later, I was just looking for faster speeds without spending the money on a second ssd.

laviniuc · Dec 4, 2013

you probably know already but when you switch back all the data on both is lost. (each drive has half of the pieces of the puzzle that are your files)

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