Win7 and raid 0

raralis · 27 Nov 2009 at 11:41

Hi all

I'm thinking about doing a fresh Win7 install on my pc.

I've got 2x hdds set up in raid 0.

Do I require to use raid drivers to get win7 to detect the raid 0 setup or does it do it automatically?

Last time I did this, I needed the drivers on a floppy disk to get WinXP to detect my hdds in raid 0.

For reference, I've got this mobo.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-332-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1283

SiriusB · 27 Nov 2009 at 11:45

Windows 7 has fantastic driver support, but it is never a guarantee.

I am sure someone will know, but for the little effort it takes I would have the drivers ready just in case. If all goes well you won't need them. If you do, well, you have them right there!

ChileanLlama · 27 Nov 2009 at 11:46

I'm assuming you're using the Intel ICH10R SATA ports? If so it will detect the RAID and load the RAID drivers during the install. I'm not sure if you're using the JMicron ports.

Knubje · 27 Nov 2009 at 11:46

http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

Just whack in your motherboard details there and select your OS as Win7 (Win64 bit doesn't show drivers for me but under Win7 says drivers are for all Windows based systems).

Looks like there are updates there a plenty. To be honest I bet it will work without drivers but just in case you can go here and install the newest drivers/etc.

ChileanLlama · 27 Nov 2009 at 11:52

Knubje said:
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us

Just whack in your motherboard details there and select your OS as Win7 (Win64 bit doesn't show drivers for me but under Win7 says drivers are for all Windows based systems).

Looks like there are updates there a plenty. To be honest I bet it will work without drivers but just in case you can go here and install the newest drivers/etc.

You don't need them. I would recommend you install these after install; http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProdId=2101&DwnldID=17882&lang=eng which is the latest public drivers/Matrix Storage Manager rather than anything off the Asus website.

jbloggs · 27 Nov 2009 at 11:53

Assumimg you are using Intel ICH10 R cont, then simply enable RAID in (mobo) BIOS, then set up RAID in the RAID bios, and proceed with Win 7 install and it will automatically install the correct drivers (these are Microsoft ICHxR drivers which have TRIM support), then when install is complete, install the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, then install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager and you can also update the ICHxR drivers to the latest from Intel, but these will not (at the moment) supoort TRIM...

ChileanLlama · 27 Nov 2009 at 11:56

jbloggs said:
Assumimg you are using Intel ICH10 R cont, then simply enable RAID in (mobo) BIOS, then set up RAID in the RAID bios, and proceed with Win 7 install and it will automatically install the correct drivers (these are Microsoft ICHxR drivers which have TRIM support), then when install is complete, install the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility, then install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager and you can also update the ICHxR drivers to the latest from Intel, but these will not (at the moment) supoort TRIM...

OP Shouldn't need TRIM support unless they are SSDs not HDs

jbloggs · 27 Nov 2009 at 12:05

ChileanLlama said:
OP Shouldn't need TRIM support unless they are SSDs not HDs

Just covered both angles...

raralis · 27 Nov 2009 at 12:07

Thanks for the replies.

My main concern was that if I had to install the drivers from a floppy drive which I do not have.

Looks like win7 will automatically do the trick.

And yes they are hdds, not ssd

ChileanLlama · 27 Nov 2009 at 12:14

jbloggs said:
Just covered both angles...

Very thorough Sir

Rabtech · 28 Nov 2009 at 14:32

Just recently installed Windows 7 on my 2 x 150GB Raptors in RAID 0, MSI P55-GD53 motherboard (intel) - can confirm no user supplied drivers are needed (via floppy or USB) to pick up the raid array on installation.