Hello Guys!
I have some questions that maybe some of you can advise on. I have a newly built system that I am very happy with, but I am already out of storage space on my SSD (250GB). I've connected an HDD and created a backup of my files, settings, etc. From there, I bought another SSD and have it installed and made readable in Win 10, but it is not being used. I would like to somehow extend the drives, or run them in a Striped config. This is where I run out of knowledge, as I've never setup Striped drives, or RAID configured drives before.
What I have in my mind to do: via BIOS, configure the two SSD's as a RAID 0. Then, proceed with format and reinstall Win 10. Hopefully, I can reconfigure with the backed up data. Second, I would like to create a dual-boot machine in the future--big fan of OSX for daily use, but I want to use Windows for gaming and some other applications.
So, this leads to my main question, If I were to purchase an additional SSD and install it outside of the RAID 0 config I described above, would it then be available to install OSX as a Hackintosh drive? I'm wanting to avoid tying all the drives up in the RAID config, or not being able to use the drives that are not configured. Note: I also have a M.2 slot open that I can run the Hackintosh on. Would also like to have some redundant storage capabilities for each system using HDDs. Basically, I'm trying to get all this in order and make a good plan so I don't waste time and energy formatting and re-configuring drives, if it can be prevented.
My motherboard is the ASUS ROG Hero Alpha w/WiFi. I'm running Skylake 6700K, Crucial Ballistix DDR4 2400 (32GB), Corsair Hx1000i PSU, ASUS ROG 1070 Strix GPUand Kingston SSDs.
Any advice or guidance would be great.
Cheers,
Dan
I have some questions that maybe some of you can advise on. I have a newly built system that I am very happy with, but I am already out of storage space on my SSD (250GB). I've connected an HDD and created a backup of my files, settings, etc. From there, I bought another SSD and have it installed and made readable in Win 10, but it is not being used. I would like to somehow extend the drives, or run them in a Striped config. This is where I run out of knowledge, as I've never setup Striped drives, or RAID configured drives before.
What I have in my mind to do: via BIOS, configure the two SSD's as a RAID 0. Then, proceed with format and reinstall Win 10. Hopefully, I can reconfigure with the backed up data. Second, I would like to create a dual-boot machine in the future--big fan of OSX for daily use, but I want to use Windows for gaming and some other applications.
So, this leads to my main question, If I were to purchase an additional SSD and install it outside of the RAID 0 config I described above, would it then be available to install OSX as a Hackintosh drive? I'm wanting to avoid tying all the drives up in the RAID config, or not being able to use the drives that are not configured. Note: I also have a M.2 slot open that I can run the Hackintosh on. Would also like to have some redundant storage capabilities for each system using HDDs. Basically, I'm trying to get all this in order and make a good plan so I don't waste time and energy formatting and re-configuring drives, if it can be prevented.
My motherboard is the ASUS ROG Hero Alpha w/WiFi. I'm running Skylake 6700K, Crucial Ballistix DDR4 2400 (32GB), Corsair Hx1000i PSU, ASUS ROG 1070 Strix GPUand Kingston SSDs.
Any advice or guidance would be great.
Cheers,
Dan
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