[QUOTE="Marfoo"][QUOTE="Cloud_7"]
Is there any way to keep the ssd without having to format it?
Just don't want to go through all the trouble of backing the data up on my first drive and having to go through the process.
Not to concerned about making it into a a raid that splits the data on each ssd. I heard it can be much faster, but also risky if one drive fails.
What i want to do is just add the second ssd to the end, so once one fills up it'll start writing on the next.
Not sure if what i'm saying is possible or if it makes any sense.
C_Rule
RAID 0 carries very little risk with SSDs, they have nowhere near the the failure rate of mechanical drives. I would say the benefits greatly outweigh the risk, in fact the risk in insignificant.If you just add another SSD and just want more space and make it appear like one drive you can create a "dynamic disk." You can do this with built in tools in Windows, you won't need extra software.
If I were you I would use that software to backup existing partition onto an external HDD or something. Then I would put your 2 SSDs in RAID 0 and then restore that partition onto your new RAID volume and then extend it to fill the entire drive. That software would be able to help you with that, as long as you have another place to backup your partition to.
What if the array falls part? Is there the same risk of that with SSD vs HDD?that's why you buy 2 identical controller cards, none of this onboard garbage.
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