SSD + 2 HDD's in raid problems....

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xmellis

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So i recently upgraded my OS plus Origin for games on my new SSD. I set my BIOS to AHCI with only the SSD plugged in and set up windows. That all worked fine. Now when i go to plug in my two HDD's and set the SATA mode to RAID, the OS wont boot. So i changed it back to AHCI and it booted up, it detected only one of my other hard drives, so i downloaded intel rapid storage technology, and rebooted... somehow it magically put my two HDD's into a raid (i think anyways.) They are two 500g drives, and i have an E: drive that has 976 (or so) gigs free. Yay? Well im getting a warning from intel rapid storage technology, heres a screenshot of whats coming up.

http://imageshack.us/a/img18/5161/3u6o.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img38/9862/5nll.jpg

My concern is that i have it set up improperly and im going to damage/loose data on all of my drives. All seems to be working well however. I am able to put data on both drives, and the SSD is running very fast. I just want to ensure longevity of my parts. Thanks for all the help guys!
 
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If you are getting 976+GB from two 500gb drives then thay are in raid0 or JBoD mode. Turning off raid0 will cause you to lose everything on both drives so make sure you have everything backed up properly first.
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The first pic is about the write cache buffer. If you have frequent power outages in your area make SURE this is on. IF you run your system on a UPS then you can turn it of as it will give you more data speed, as it says.

The second pic is about saving you electricity when you aren't using the drives. That is totally up to you on if you want to enable that or not.
 
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xmellis

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So basically im all set? lol how can i make these warnings go away. I have OCD and dont even want to see the yellow triangle pop up on my system tray
 
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Is there a reason you need the drives in a RAID array? If you can live with two drive letters, I would not put them in RAID - and the reason for this is if either drive fails - you lose all the data on the drives.

With Windows 7/8/Vista, you have libraries to automatically designate the location of files, or even make one for programs and one for data....it is much safer that way.
 
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xmellis

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This doesnt sound like a bad idea, actually better if anything. But how do i set this up? Im running windows 8.1 and am totally new to multiple drives being separated. The intel rapid storage technology sort of automatically combined my two HDD's. When i didnt have intel rapid storage technology it only recognized one of my HDD's. Any articles i can read on how to do this on windows 8.1 would be greatly appreciated! Or if you guys have a solution thats even better, thanks again!
 
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