Raid0/Windows 7 Reinstall help needed!!!

[cabech984]

I just got another 30gb ocz vertex ssd and am wanting to run my ssd's in Raid0. I have a Gigabyte GA-MA790GPT-UD3H Mobo. I am trying to run a copy of Windows 7 Professional that I bought off of newegg.com. I'm running into an issue when installing(boot from cdrom) where it'll say that my DVD/CDROM drivers need installed. Idk where to go from here and need help. I've been trying google, searching here and have had no luck.

One of my SSD's still has Windows 7 Ultimate edition installed on it. Would this be causing a problem? How will my Legal windows 7 Professional Edition copy handle getting rid of the ultimate edition that I have on there now?

I can provide more info if needed but like I said, I've never set up raid0 or even installed Windows onto a pc. I just got into custom pc building.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[InvisiBill]

You need to go into the RAID controller's BIOS and create the array first, which Windows will then see as a single disk. You may also need to put your RAID controller's driver on a USB drive to supply during setup. If Windows doesn't have built-in drivers for the controller, Setup can't see the devices plugged into it.

 

[cabech984]

I already have the raid array setup, im just stuck with the drivers thing but I may have figured it out.

I'm downloading the correct drivers right now from Gigabyte's website(my mobo manufacturer). I think I may have downloaded the wrong driver last night(3am and dog tired lol). Wish me luck, I hope I get it this time!

 

[sub.mesa]

You would want to use a Secure Erase first, before you create the RAID0 array. The SSDs you put in RAID0 should be in pristine state (erased) and partitioned properly using Windows 7 or Vista; but leave some space unused since you'll miss TRIM support. Two 30GB drives would use a 50GB partition; leave the rest unallocated and never write to that spot.

 

[cabech984]

Thanks for all the help guys, I figured it out. I downloaded the 32 bit drivers for my mobo. I obviously needed 64 bit drivers. My raid0 setup is up and running! Thanks again!