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RAID 0 fresh install upgrade version?
OK... I am currently using a single WD Caviar Black 640GB... I just bought another and I want to RAID0...
(PC Specs: Q9550, 8GB Mushkin DDR2 1000, GTX260, Corsair 750w, Gigabyte P45 UD3P)
I had the download version of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit which I created a bootable ISO from with the guide on here...
I am going to use the on-board RAID controller for this and I just wanted to know whether I am planning on doing this right or if I am leading myself into a hole where all my pc parts fry and I waste hundreds of dollars fixing my idiot mistake...
Here goes...
-My plan was to make my bootable ISO, and put it on a disc...
-Back up the data I want to keep on my external drive...
-Turn everything off and install my second drive...
-Go into the BIOS and enable my on-board RAID controller...
-Restart and enter the RAID setup (no idea how to do this, but hopefully it happens automatically )
-Set my two drives into a RAID0 array (which will wipe out my OS and data)(is there anything else I do here?)
-Restart and wait for the error where it doesn't find my OS...
-Install my OS with the Windows 7 Upgrade ISO I created (will this work???) following the other guide here...
-Wipe the sweat from my brow if everything goes smoothly
That is my plan... I have no experience with RAID and I am not even sure if I can use my OS... But that's what I got... Can you experts tell me if I am good or if I am doomed?