How to setup my 2TB drive?

[abhinavjoshua]

I have bought a new 2 TB Seagate Barracuda hard drive. I already have a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green. Right now, I am using the 2TB hard drive as an additional storage drive with Windows 8 installed in 1 TB. I want to install a fresh copy of Windows 8.1 to my 1 TB WD.
I have heard something about RAID and it also pops up in the BIOS screen as soon as I open my PC.
How should I setup my new drive to RAID? I have no clue!

 

[USAFRet]

You shouldn't , for a variety of reasons. No RAID needed.

1. It's not needed
2. If you're thinking of RAID 0, It brings extra potential for fail
3. Mixing drive sizes and speeds in a RAID is not a great idea


Just have them as two different drives. Boot will be C, the other will just be a different drive letter. D or E.
And using the WD Green for your boot drive is not a great idea. The Greens are slower than your new 2TB.