How to configure raid 0 in the bios and install windows 7

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/forum1/ brings you how to configure the bios for a raid 0 configuration with a gigabyte motherboard, it also shows how to install windows 7. This tutorial is part 5 of 5 on how to build a computer.

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• Raid 0
• gigabyte
• gigabyte bios
• configure raid 0
• install windows7

[alden849273]

Great video, can you tell me where to get the gsata driver that you saved in your usb drive?

[ultimatehandyman]

@alden849273

They are on the driver disk that is shipped with the motherboard. If you don't have that you should be able to download them from the manufacturers website.

[ItzMeNeRo]

so far i understand the entire video (1-5) except this... what is configurating raid 0? bios? is it necessary for new harddrive?

[ultimatehandyman]

@ItzMeNeRo

It's only necessary if you have two hard drives and want them to work together as one to make the system faster.

[tcbetka]

Not at all sure I understand why RAID-0 configuration was chosen here. Certainly it's faster--but faster for what? Surfing the Internet, writing Word docs, etc? If you are going to stream data (audio or HD video, for instance), then sure...use RAID-0. But with this installation, if one drive fails...poof, there goes your OS! There is absolutely NO fault tolerance with RAID-0, so why use it for a drive with an OS one it? You would be far better off putting your OS on a smaller drive.

[ultimatehandyman]

@tcbetka

I needed the speed for editing HD video, hence the Raid 0

But I have since purchased an SSD for the operating system and just use the hard drives for storage now (still in Raid 0) but I also have a permanent USB backup drive plugged in. If one of the hard drives fail it is not a problem as I still have the data on the backup drive.

[rajucherian]

Which motherboard is that ?,  Does Gigabyte H67MA LGA1155 supports RAID

[GuardianXPS]

I got mine to work. It appeared the drivers were not on the CD from Alienware so I had to download them from the download page and install from the inf files from a USB drive I had. All is good now, and these instructions are pretty accurate.

[666preditor]

Thx ;)

[tcbetka]

@ultimatehandyman That is a far better solution, as you of course really don't want to be trying to stream data to drives that are also being read for program code. I would do exactly what you are doing now, in that case. If you have the room in the machine, you could maybe look at a RAID-5 system to gain some redundancy but not sacrifice the speed.