3 SSD setup both ahci and raid

thanulee · Aug 20, 2014

Hello,
I have now running 2x120 gb intel on my p9x79 deluxe motherboard on the intel sata controller (6gb) at RAID 0.
I just bought a 512 samsung and connected it to the Marvel controller (my other sata 6gb controller).
When i log in windows i cant see the samsung. Is it because I have the Raid 0 on? Do i have to format? I want my main to be the Samsung and the others for backup. If possible I want others to be one disk somehow.
Pls this is urgent, thanx

WyomingKnott · Aug 20, 2014

New drives have to be partitioned and formatted before they will show up with a drive letter.

thanulee · Aug 20, 2014

But how can I do that since windows dont recognize the drive? thanx

WyomingKnott · Aug 20, 2014

Recognize in what sense? Do you see it in the Disk Manager? Ideally, it should be there as a raw drive that you can partition and format. If it's not there, we have to look at other issues, starting with whether or not it's seen in the BIOS. A bit dated, but www.tomshardware.com/forum/265764-32-guide-installed-disk-system

thanulee · Aug 20, 2014

Oh ok! I used disk manager and i picked simple volume then quick formatted with the suggested settings. Now i can see the drive proper thanx!
So now if i wanna format and make the single drive as my main with windows, can i have the other 2 as one disk somehow? Can i still have em as RAID 0 for example? thanks a lot mate

WyomingKnott · Aug 20, 2014

First of all, to make it your "main drive with windows," you should really do a new installation of windows on that drive - with no other drives attached to the system at the time. Is Windows currently running off your striped SSD set?

You can indeed keep the other two as a stripe set and use them for data while using the new drive as the system drive. I consider RAID0 to be quite risky, and I would do a full backup of the RAID volume before trying any changes to it.

thanulee · Aug 20, 2014

Yes windows atm are on my raid 0 setup. I will risk it again with raid 0 if is possible (as a second data drive). So i just install windows on the new drive and then set up my raid on the other two? whats the process? thanks

WyomingKnott · Aug 20, 2014

Well, the RAID is already set up on the other two, yes? So why re-create it, unless you are trying to guarantee that the RAID set is not bootable? Extra work, yes?

thanulee · Aug 20, 2014

So i dont touch anything i just try install windows on the single drive?

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