[SOLVED] Raid 0 on single drive

[strydez]

So currently I have partitioned a 2tb hard drive into 1tb / 1tb, can I do raid 0 between this 2 1gb partition? Also, I have another 500gb SSD that is installed in the system ( total 1 2tb hdd, 1 500 gb ssd ). Can I do raid 0 on the 2 1gb partition, if so is it as easy as this tutorial shows ?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_PF0VfdMkI
also I understand the 2 1gb partition will be wiped. Will it wipe my 500gb ssd as well?

 

[cryoburner]

No, RAID 0's purpose is to increase sequential performance by having file transfers split between two drives. If RAID 0 were to be somehow activated across two partitions on the same drive, that would only make performance much worse, if anything.

And in any case, even with two drives, RAID 0 doesn't make much sense these days. It will still be far slower than an SSD, so it doesn't make much sense if one is seeking optimal performance. And it inherently increases the chances of losing all data on both drives due to one drive failing. And even when running RAID 0 on two SSDs, outside of synthetic benchmarks, it typically won't make much difference to real-world performance. It was something that allowed people to get a bit more performance out of hard drives back when hard drives were the only option, but now its usefulness seems questionable for most usage scenarios.

I would just do what most systems do. Have Windows and your applications installed to the SSD, along with your most-played games if the system is being used for gaming. Then use the hard drive for bulk data storage, where performance isn't as important, and maybe an extended game library if you have games that don't fit on the SSD. And any irreplaceable data should be stored on more than one physical drive (not just partition), in case a drive happens to fail.

 

[strydez]

Is it possible to change HWID through Raid 0? If not, how can I change it without Raid 0?

 

[strydez]

No, RAID 0's purpose is to increase sequential performance by having file transfers split between two drives. If RAID 0 were to be somehow activated across two partitions on the same drive, that would only make performance much worse, if anything.

And in any case, even with two drives, RAID 0 doesn't make much sense these days. It will still be far slower than an SSD, so it doesn't make much sense if one is seeking optimal performance. And it inherently increases the chances of losing all data on both drives due to one drive failing. And even when running RAID 0 on two SSDs, outside of synthetic benchmarks, it typically won't make much difference to real-world performance. It was something that allowed people to get a bit more performance out of hard drives back when hard drives were the only option, but now its usefulness seems questionable for most usage scenarios.

I would just do what most systems do. Have Windows and your applications installed to the SSD, along with your most-played games if the system is being used for gaming. Then use the hard drive for bulk data storage, where performance isn't as important, and maybe an extended game library if you have games that don't fit on the SSD. And any irreplaceable data should be stored on more than one physical drive (not just partition), in case a drive happens to fail.

Is there a way to trick MS thinking there is 2 drives when in fact there is 2 partition?

 

[DSzymborski]

Is there a way to trick MS thinking there is 2 drives when in fact there is 2 partition?

While theoretically possible and people are quite clever, I'm unaware of anyone actually trying since there's absolutely no benefit to doing this. There's pretty much no good reason for an average consumer to use a RAID array and what you want to do eliminates even the bad reasons to do so.

 

[DSzymborski]

What exactly are you trying to do?

 

[strydez]

"changing hwid"

 

[strydez]

While theoretically possible and people are quite clever, I'm unaware of anyone actually trying since there's absolutely no benefit to doing this. There's pretty much no good reason for an average consumer to use a RAID array and what you want to do eliminates even the bad reasons to do so.

Yeah I'm guessing it is possible as well to trick motherboard thinking there a 2 drives. Do you have resources I can refer to ?

 

[DSzymborski]

I've merged the threads; we're not doing different threads for each RAID question you have.

Second, you're going to have to do a lot better than that to answer the question I posed or I'm going to close your question completely.

So let's try this again: why do you want to change HWID?

 

[strydez]

I've merged the threads; we're not doing different threads for each RAID question you have.

Second, you're going to have to do a lot better than that to answer the question I posed or I'm going to close your question completely.

So let's try this again: why do you want to change HWID?

I posted what I needed in my initial post, I'm not sure how else can I phrase it. I need to use a software that doesn't work with my current HWID. Do you have any means to change the HWID?

 

[bignastyid]

Your HardWare IDentification is not gonna change because of a Raid array. I'm going to guess you got a hardware ban and are now trying to bypass it.

 

[DSzymborski]

I posted what I needed in my initial post, I'm not sure how else can I phrase it. I need to use a software that doesn't work with my current HWID. Do you have any means to change the HWID?

And this software is? Being evasive just makes this whole thing more suspicious.

 

[strydez]

And this software is? Being evasive just makes this whole thing more suspicious.

Suspicious like I'm trying to hack you?

 

[mdd1963]

My guess is 'suspicious' means someone is suspected in avoiding admitting in trying to get around some sort of licensing/activation/ installation /trial period (or similar) limits...or some sort of connection ban imposed on a gaming system....

(drives are rarely part of these assorted HWID equation limits anyway, as you could easily prove with any other $20 each 500 GB spinning drive...)