I currently use a RAID0 for my dual SATA HDD setup. I ordered one of those Intel X25-M 80GB to use as a primary hard drive but I need to move the files off of the current hard drives. My question is this: Am I going to be able to move the files from the old RAID hard drives to the new SSD? Or is there some kind of BIOS setting that I need to set in order to have the SSD and the RAID hard drives as separate entities (or is that not possible if I set the mode to RAID in the BIOS)?
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You did not specify what controller you use or what OS you use.
If you somehow want your existing install to end up on the SSD; i highly recommend doing a clean install instead; you may have alignment issues otherwise.
If your controller is Intel, then you can leave the setting at RAID mode, install the latest Intel drivers and you should have TRIM working. If your controller is of different make than Intel, you would need to set it to AHCI instead.
If you somehow want your existing install to end up on the SSD; i highly recommend doing a clean install instead; you may have alignment issues otherwise.
If your controller is Intel, then you can leave the setting at RAID mode, install the latest Intel drivers and you should have TRIM working. If your controller is of different make than Intel, you would need to set it to AHCI instead.
If you're using a mobo w/an Intel controller you should have no issues having the two drives in RAID 0 and the SSD as separate entities, so to speak... The only issue might've been the lack of TRIM support w/RAID drivers installed, but that was solved when Intel released updated drivers about a month ago. Note that TRIM is still not supported in RAID, but you can have HDD's in RAID alongside SSD by themselves w/the drivers installed and TRIM will still work, before it wouldn't merely because the RAID drivers were installed.
If you have a different controller you won't have TRIM support until you uninstall your RAID drivers (or updated drivers are released for your controller). As far as moving files around manually, no, you won't have any issues. Now if you're thinking of imaging your current install unto the the SSD, you'll want to use a program that maintains partition alignment. It's not hard to do, you just have to be sure of what you're doing. I wouldn't even try it if your old install is on WinXP tho...
If you have a different controller you won't have TRIM support until you uninstall your RAID drivers (or updated drivers are released for your controller). As far as moving files around manually, no, you won't have any issues. Now if you're thinking of imaging your current install unto the the SSD, you'll want to use a program that maintains partition alignment. It's not hard to do, you just have to be sure of what you're doing. I wouldn't even try it if your old install is on WinXP tho...