help config raid 0 for ssd

Sgt Tackleberry · 6 Aug 2012 at 17:59

Hi guys and girls,

need some help doing raid 0 on my ssd's (Agility 3 60gb).

I've never ever done a raid in my life and i dont know how to set it up.

Would i need to do a clean install of win7?, need the latest firmware on the ssd?.

how do i set it up in bios?.

any help would be gr8.

Thanks

wazza300 · 6 Aug 2012 at 18:03

you might be able to back up and restore to a raid0,not sure if its possible

for a clean install set to raid in the bios then at start up press ctrl and i together to access the raid console then setup a raid array using your ssd's,it will show as one complete 120gb drive when done,then boot from dvd drive/windows disc and install windows,once done you can later install intel rapid storage drivers

Sgt Tackleberry · 6 Aug 2012 at 18:07

wazza300 said:
you might be able to back up and restore to a raid0,not sure if its possible

for a clean install set to raid in the bios then at start up press ctrl and i together to access the raid console then setup a raid array using your ssd's,it will show as one complete 120gb drive when done,then boot from dvd drive/windows disc and install windows,once done you can later install intel rapid storage drivers

cheers for that.

what do you mean by "install intel rapid storage drivers" what that?.

Thanks

wazza300 · 6 Aug 2012 at 18:10

its just drivers for raid and ahci,they offer better performance than the standard microsoft drivers

look on your mb website and download them,it will say irst or intel rapid storage

Sgt Tackleberry · 6 Aug 2012 at 18:12

just looked on there, thanks for that..

what is the best tool to format my ssd so i can do a clean install on it.

Thanks

wazza300 · 6 Aug 2012 at 18:12

this is what it lookslike in windows,it will show your raid0 array and ssd/hdd fimware versions ect