Is it possible to install Windows 10 on a BIOS made RAID 0?

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Rafael Mestdag

Rafael Mestdag

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I've tried installing Windows on a Raid 0 array setup through Windows 10 and I always got a message from the installer saying it won't install on a Dynamic disk.

I'm thinking of getting this new motherboard which supports Raid and I'm going to setup a Raid 0 array on it through Bios. I'd like to know if in this case I'd be able to install Windows 10 on this new Raid 0 array made through the Bios/motherboard.

This is the motherboard model:

GA-970A-UD3P

Thanks in advance for any input!

 
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SkyNetRising

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Yes it's possible. You'd have to provide raid driver during installation though.
But why do you need raid 0 on OS drive? I'd understand raid 1 - for redundancy. But raid 0 ? Just get SSD.
Or maybe you're making raid 0 on SSDs? Then I'd suggest getting M.2 NVME drive instead.
 
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Rafael Mestdag

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I haven't got enough to afford an SSD right now, but I do have a couple of 1TB HDD's I want to use as a Raid 0 disk and install Windows 10 on it. I know it's not gonna be as fast as SSD but it's quite faster than booting on a single HDD.

By the way, the manual of this motherboard explains on page 57 how to setup a Raid 0 drive and it never mentions the necessity for a drive being provided. The way it explains the process, it's quite easy and straightforward, I just needed to know whether I'd be able to install Windows on it afterwards.
 
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13thmonkey

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In that case you create the array in bios, and it should be fine. BUT you are at much great risk of losing data, and then you'll lose the whole installation. Drives that are not designed for NAS's don't like working in RAID, they don't deal well with one drive not responding quickly enough and claim that the whole array has failed, when in fact it was just a delayed response, NAS drives accept that there might be a delay, and allow for more retries.

You spoke about buying a new mobo, that's going to be more than the cost of the SSD.
 
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Rafael Mestdag

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Actually I'm going to get this new mobo on a trade I'm gonna do with a friend, so I'm not gonna spend a dime. In fact I'll get about 50 dollars in the trade because my cpu is better and I really need the money now. The motherboard is way better than my current one and also the case I'm getting is better looking and more functional.
 
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