Question Problems using my old 2 x M.2 raid SSDs in desktop PC ?

[harvhemp]

Hi,
Ok so i had an MSI laptop in which i had 2x M.2 drives in raid 0 config...
that laptop has since died, graphic card went, and ive been using my old desktop...

yesterday i bought a 2nd hand desktop with 2x M.2 slots but when i put my old M.2 SSDs in it won't boot, not even to bios...
ive cleared the cmos by removing the battery for a few seconds...

when i put in the M.2 SSD that came with the desktop it boots fine....

What can i do to use my raid 0 configured m.2's... they have a lot of data on them i would like to keep ?

many thanks

Harv

 

[harvhemp]

been doing some research, my MSI laptop which originally had the m.2's in , was intel based..
the new desktop i have, to which im trying to add my old m.2's is ryzen based...

seems to be an issue....
is there anything i can do... i also have a sata drive with the new desktop

 

[helpstar]

yes, this can be a problem. But which M.2 models are these exactly?

which laptop brand and model ?

 

[harvhemp]

my laptop was an MSI gt72s
, and the ssd's we 2x NVMe ssd Samsung 960 pro's (512GB each)

Think the laptop had i7 4th gen and my new desktop is Ryzen 5 3600

 

[DSzymborski]

Honestly, this kind of thing is going to be an absolute nightmare. As bad as RAID generally is (except for the very rare consumer who actually has a real need for one), onboard RAID is somehow even worse. You're really best off wiping the drives and restoring from your backups (which you hopefully have, as RAID is not a backup solution), then trying to transfer directly like this. Then you can choose to either set up a new RAID or, even better, not set one up at all.

 

[harvhemp]

Honestly, this kind of thing is going to be an absolute nightmare. As bad as RAID generally is (except for the very rare consumer who actually has a real need for one), onboard RAID is somehow even worse. You're really best off wiping the drives and restoring from your backups (which you hopefully have, as RAID is not a backup solution), then trying to transfer directly like this. Then you can choose to either set up a new RAID or, even better, not set one up at all.

ok so ive decided to try and wipe the m.2's HOWEVER as soon as i plug one into the motherboard the computer wont boot !! cant even get to BIOS. if i remove it then computer works fine!

 

[faalin]

What is the make and model of your motherboard, how many sata drives do you have plugged in?

 

[USAFRet]

ok so ive decided to try and wipe the m.2's HOWEVER as soon as i plug one into the motherboard the computer wont boot !! cant even get to BIOS. if i remove it then computer works fine!

Give us a complete list of ALL parts in the system.
Make/model, please.