Why can't I see my RAID0 drives?

stargrazes · 19 Apr 2016 at 18:44

Hi there! I had a new PC by OcUK delivered today, and it's great so far.

My only issue is that the PC doesn't seem to recognize my dual 1TB Samsung EVO SSDs in RAID0. I can see them in Disk Management, but they are unassigned, and when I right-click on Disk 0 my only option is to create a New Simple Volume. I don't know if this is the right option if they are already in RAID0.

Does anybody have any suggestions? The OcUK phones are closed up for the night!

nutcase · 19 Apr 2016 at 18:50

When you say RAID 0 I presume you mean you want them joined into a single drive? If so that's not been done as Windows is seeing them as separate ones by the sound of things?

stargrazes · 19 Apr 2016 at 19:10

nutcase_1uk said:
When you say RAID 0 I presume you mean you want them joined into a single drive? If so that's not been done as Windows is seeing them as separate ones by the sound of things?

Check it out here. I can see them as individual drives in Disk Management, but it seems Windows does recognise them as being in RAID0. I just can't see them in explorer view.

nutcase · 19 Apr 2016 at 19:15

That looks fine? 2x1TB in RAID0 is that size - so you just need to create a simple volume on it as you mentioned above.

stargrazes · 19 Apr 2016 at 19:26

nutcase_1uk said:
That looks fine? 2x1TB in RAID0 is that size - so you just need to create a simple volume on it as you mentioned above.

Am I just being silly?

If I create a Simple Volume, will the drives then appear in explorer view as a usable single drive?

lamboman · 19 Apr 2016 at 20:05

What you're seeing in Disk Management is the resulting logical device that represents your array. Creating a volume is, in short, creating a partition and formatting it.

nutcase · 19 Apr 2016 at 20:10

stargrazes said:
Am I just being silly?

If I create a Simple Volume, will the drives then appear in explorer view as a usable single drive?

Yes

They will appear as a single drive - windows isn't interested in the underlying config - it is presented with a single drive so will show a single drive you can then partition as required.

stargrazes · 19 Apr 2016 at 20:33

lamboman said:
What you're seeing in Device Manager is the resulting logical device that represents your array. Creating a volume is, in short, creating a partition and formatting it.

nutcase_1uk said:
Yes They will appear as a single drive - windows isn't interested in the underlying config - it is presented with a single drive so will show a single drive you can then partition as required.

Thank you both for your help.