I have been running out of space on my 1TB drive for a long time, needing to delete bits and pieces of data here and there for my 3D and 2D multimedia projects, and I finally decided to upgrade. I bought two 4 TB drives and plan to run them in RAID 0. I know, I know, risky, not worth it blah blah blah. Not to worry, I have a legal version of Acronis Pro for automatic backups and a couple of external drives for manual backups, I am taking care of my data. This is the right choice for me, don't worry about it.
That being said, I have an ASUS Sabertooth X79, which for those unaware comes with two Intel SATA 3 ports, four Intel SATA 2 ports, and two Marvell SATA 3 ports. I am already using an Intel SATA 3 port for my boot SSD, so I decided to use the Marvell controller.
Everything is set up on the BIOS end, but Windows wants to format the virtual drive before I can use it. So here's my question:
Should I:
Thank you very much for your expertise!
That being said, I have an ASUS Sabertooth X79, which for those unaware comes with two Intel SATA 3 ports, four Intel SATA 2 ports, and two Marvell SATA 3 ports. I am already using an Intel SATA 3 port for my boot SSD, so I decided to use the Marvell controller.
Everything is set up on the BIOS end, but Windows wants to format the virtual drive before I can use it. So here's my question:
Should I:
■ Format the "8 TB volume" as a simple volume?
■ Remove the RAID array in the Marvell RAID utility, format each physical drive as a simple volume, then set up the RAID?
■ Do a clean install of Windows 10 using the same (legally purchased) key?
■ Do something else entirely?
Thank you very much for your expertise!
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