[SOLVED] SSD single disk within RAID array not detected by Windows ?

[r3ddr4g0n]

Hi all, having the darndest time trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong with my RAID array and a new SSD drive.

I bought a new SSD drive to add to my home-built system. Everything has been working fine and continues to work fine, but I can't get the new SSD to be detected in Windows as a SATA drive.

The BIOS controller is set to RAID for all SATA drives, and the drive shows up in the RAID config as a single drive with 1TB of space. But when I go into Windows, the drive doesn't pop up under Disk Management.

Before you ask, yes I'm aware I need to config my drive before it pops up, but it isn't even popping up in Disk Management. My first SSD pops up as a single disk, and I can boot to it, and it shows up as the C drive. The RAID array shows up in Disk Management too. But I can't seem to get this other SSD to show up.

The other thing is that I hooked it up to SATA port 5, set SATA ports 5 and 6 to IDE instead of RAID, and the drive was detected. I was able to install the WD drivers and format the drive and use it to store files. But it won't detect as a RAID single disk. Any ideas?

Mobo: ASUS M5A97 R2.0

Drives:1x Intel 320 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA II as Single Disk
2x WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB in RAID 1
1x WD Blue 1TB 3D NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" SSD as Single Disk (new)

 

[rgd1101]

windows 10? check storage spaces
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-windows-b6c8b540-b8d8-fb8a-e7ab-4a75ba11f9f2

 

[fzabkar]

Can you set the port to AHCI instead of RAID?

Motherboard manual:
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A97_R2.0/E7438_M5A97_R20_Manual_web_hi-res.pdf

SATA Port5 - Port6 [AHCI]

Allows you to set the SATA Port 5~6 mode. This item can only be configured as [IDE] when SATA Port1 - Port4 is set to [IDE]. Configuration options [AHCI] [IDE].

 

[USAFRet]

1. Check Storage Spaces
2. What is going on with the "RAID" config?

 

[mdd1963]

The RAID reference within disk mngmt contains all the drives within the RAID; once part of the RAID, for as long as contained within/controlled by the RAID controller, I don't think you are going to see the individual drives within disk mngmt. (At least that is what is shown, or rather not shown, within my own disk mngmnt where I have two drives set up as a mirror (RAID1) within Storage Spaces; no reference at all to there being 2 drives any more in Disk Mngmt.)

 

[r3ddr4g0n]

windows 10? check storage spaces
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-windows-b6c8b540-b8d8-fb8a-e7ab-4a75ba11f9f2

"No drives that work with storage spaces are available."

Can you set the port to AHCI instead of RAID?

Motherboard manual:
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A97_R2.0/E7438_M5A97_R20_Manual_web_hi-res.pdf

No, I can only select RAID or IDE for ports 5 and 6.

1. Check Storage Spaces
2. What is going on with the "RAID" config?

As above. Re: RAID config, great question. I'm using the mobo's onboard ROM for loading RAID, I guess this is an older way of doing things and Windows can potentially manage my RAID array now? There's also an option to use UEFI for Board SATA RAID ROM, but I remember that not working.

 

[USAFRet]

manage my RAID array

What drives are in this RAID array, what type array, and...most importantly....WHY RAID?

 

[rgd1101]

is the new drive show up in device manager?

 

[r3ddr4g0n]

What drives are in this RAID array, what type array, and...most importantly....WHY RAID?

It's a cheap way to back-up all my files, versus paying Carbonite $ per year. The drives are in the blue screenshot above, two WD 1TB HDD in RAID 1, and then a 128gb intel SSD as a boot drive. The screenshot also shows the SATA port for each drive.

is the new drive show up in device manager?

No, they don't show up in device manager, disk management, or storage spaces.

 

[USAFRet]

It's a cheap way to back-up all my files, versus paying Carbonite $ per year. The drives are in the blue screenshot above, two WD 1TB HDD in RAID 1, and then a 128gb intel SSD as a boot drive. The screenshot also shows the SATA port for each drive.



No, they don't show up in device manager, disk management, or storage spaces.

RAID, in any type array, is a poor method of "backup".
RAID is not a backup. Period.

A RAID 1 only sort of protects against physical drive fail.
It does nothing for all the other types of data loss.

 

[r3ddr4g0n]

RAID, in any type array, is a poor method of "backup".
RAID is not a backup. Period.

A RAID 1 only sort of protects against physical drive fail.
It does nothing for all the other types of data loss.

Is there an easy way to undo the array, use each drive as AHCI devices? At this point, I'd prefer that.

 

[mdd1963]

the motherboard's BIOS and CPU effectively perform as the RAID controller, so, this RAID will seem as but 'one drive' to Windows, w/ individual member drives not visible.

(You can accomplish the same thing, guarding against single drive crash/ failure with a simple Storage Spaces mirror, which does not degrade performance like a 3-4 drive parity RAID does. Parity arrays in Storage SPaces give a dismal 34 MB sec writes...)

 

[r3ddr4g0n]

I ended up using these instructions to boot with AHCI drivers:
https://support.thinkcritical.com/kb/articles/switch-windows-10-from-raid-ide-to-ahci

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