Question Intel Raid 0

[swee777]

Hi, I just got a new ASUS laptop. Supposed to have two 1TB drives. Technically it does, but my storage is Intel Raid 0. I plan on upgrading my NVMe's to 2TB each in the future. If I'm going to lose my data to change from Intel RAID 0, I'd rather do it now before I install anything. I plan on doing a backup with Macrium reflect, but not quite sure of how to get rid of RAID 0. I don't think there's a way to do it without losing data. Am I correct? Any suggestions? All help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Lafong]

Maybe I'm not following you?

Your data is already somewhere inside the new laptop?

And does not exist in any other location outside this new laptop?

 

[swee777]

Brand new laptop, complete with data on two 1TB NVMe drives, but formatted to Intel RAID 0 as a total of one 1.88TB drive. Thanks

 

[Lafong]

I'm proficient on Macrium, but have little Raid 0 knowledge.

A search engine with the term below generates 70 hits.

macrium "raid 0"

 

[BFG-9000]

Given that you cannot connect 4 RAID drives simultaneously to a laptop you'll just need a large external drive.

Simply image the RAID array to the external drive, replace the NVMe drives with the two larger ones and image it back. That's assuming you want a 4TB RAID0. If you want separate drives, install only one NVMe drive first and image it back to that.

It's easiest to leave the BIOS set on RAID even for separate drives (create RAID arrays each composed of only a single drive) to ensure Windows will boot up

 

[swee777]

Given that you cannot connect 4 RAID drives simultaneously to a laptop you'll just need a large external drive.

Simply image the RAID array to the external drive, replace the NVMe drives with the two larger ones and image it back. That's assuming you want a 4TB RAID0. If you want separate drives, install only one NVMe drive first and image it back to that.

It's easiest to leave the BIOS set on RAID even for separate drives (create RAID arrays each composed of only a single drive) to ensure Windows will boot up

 

[USAFRet]

If you've not installed anything yet, just do a full wipe and reinstall. With only ONE drive physically connected.
Add the other one later.

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[swee777]

Thanks that's helpful. Only using one drive when setting up was the part I was missing. In case anyone needs it, ASUS also sent me a link for deleting or adding RAID:
https://www.asus.com/me-en/support/FAQ/1046579/

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks that's helpful. Only using one drive when setting up was the part I was missing. In case anyone needs it, ASUS also sent me a link for deleting or adding RAID:
https://www.asus.com/me-en/support/FAQ/1046579/

Yes...remove that RAID concept completely.

Foo on Intel for setting it up like that.