Building a RAID 0

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Hello everyone,

Tomorrow I will receive my second 4tb HDD.
I want to put them in a raid 0, so I will have an 8TB drive
My OS is stored on a Samsung Evo 256gb (connected through PCIE).
I also have a 500gb drive for some applications.
I have an Asus Z97 Deluxe USB 3.1 motherboard

How do I setup the RAID, without losing my windows/applications (the ssd and the 500gb drive)
So only the 2 4tb drives should be changed.
I've heard that hardware RAID is much better than software RAID, is this true?
In both cases, hardware and software RAID: How do I set it up safely without compromising the ssd and 500gb drive?
Better safe than sorry :p

Please help me
 
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To set up a new RAID0 array there are two steps. See manual p. 3-36 and 3-37 fro turning in the RAID mode of using SATA ports. This does NOT make all your disks into a RAID array, it only allows you to set up an array. Now see your manual on p. 5-1 and following. This details how to get into the Intel Rapid Storage Technology system used to manage RAID systems. Follow its instructions. You will see that, to create a RAID array, you must tell it exactly which of your HDD units are to be used in the array you are creating. By default, any HDD that you do NOT include in a RAID array is just a normal stand-alone disk. NOTE that creating any RAID array will completely wipe out any data on the HDD units you include in the array. So be VERY...
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To set up a new RAID0 array there are two steps. See manual p. 3-36 and 3-37 fro turning in the RAID mode of using SATA ports. This does NOT make all your disks into a RAID array, it only allows you to set up an array. Now see your manual on p. 5-1 and following. This details how to get into the Intel Rapid Storage Technology system used to manage RAID systems. Follow its instructions. You will see that, to create a RAID array, you must tell it exactly which of your HDD units are to be used in the array you are creating. By default, any HDD that you do NOT include in a RAID array is just a normal stand-alone disk. NOTE that creating any RAID array will completely wipe out any data on the HDD units you include in the array. So be VERY careful when setting which units you include.

Some time (I did not find a special note about this in the manual) you will have to install a RAID driver into Windows. This may be after you have created the RAID0 array. To do it you probably need to use the driver installation utilities on the CD that came with your mobo. You only need to add the RAID device driver under Windows, just like you might add any device driver (like, for a video card). You do NOT need to re-Install Windows or make a special disk to use, because you are not planning to BOOT from that RAID0 array.

For your purposes, the discussion of Hardware vs. Software RAID is not even part of what you're doing. True Hardware RAID (that does have some advantages) means adding to your system (in a PCIe slot) a new dedicated RAID controller with substantial new hardware on it, and that's not cheap. What you are doing, by using the system built into your mobo, really is a form of Software RAID. It uses software stored in the BIOS chip and normal mobo hardware resources to do its work.
 
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