RAID0 Partition on unallocated space on Windows 7 install

[Roy]

OK, finally managed to install Windows 7 on newly build computer, I am a Mac guy, so I am pretty amaized at myself! :) Here is the hardware list —

Part list:

Intel Core i7-3820 Sandy Bridge-E 3.6GHz 

ASRock X79 Extreme6 Mother Board

G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 64GB DDR3 1600

EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 2GB Graphics Card

2 Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM

Installed windows 7 on a partition of 250GB of 3 TB RAID0, rest of it is unallocated. I don't know how to created couple of new partition on the same RAID0 drive. Can some one point me to right direction please?

Thanks

[UtahBob]

On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:42:56 PM UTC-4, Roy wrote:

Installed windows 7 on a partition of 250GB of 3 TB RAID0, rest of it is unallocated. I don't know how to created couple of new partition on the same RAID0 drive. Can some one point me to right direction please?

Roy, just wondering ... did you create a striped volume in windows 7 for the raid0 or did you use the hardware raid on the board (sata 3 connectors 3_0 and 3_1)  - might make a difference in the answer to your question. I did a Win7 stripe on two ssd units for the full volume sizes so I don't have the same configuration.  It should be easy what you want to do but I don't even want to go back into my disk management to see for fear I'll hurt something!

Bob

[Henrik]

Congrats on your build, sounds like a great system.

But :-) why no SSD drives?

 I would have setup a two drive raid-0 for you os and then used the 3 tb for storage. 

I would also, if $$$ permitted, have added another 2 SSDs for scratch disk also in raid.

And the data storage would be a 4 drive RAID-10

This would make your system flow better

Anyway just my $.02

I hope you are happy with it, you can always add later

Henrik

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[Roy]

Hi Bob

First off, let me thank you for helping me with hardware selection, made my life lot easier. :) I did a hardware setup in BIOS, with SATA3- 3_0 and 3_1, not within Windows. I don't even know how to do it! Curious, how do you do it?

Since I did in BIOS, the unallocated space don't even show up in drive management! Any idea?

[Roy]

Hi Henrik

I am going with Joergen's recommendation (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/ptgui/6SovW0CsN60), the SSD 240GB will be used PTGui temp files and Photoshop scrach disk. 

[Henrik]

No problem,

at least you now know how to make if faster later ;-)
 
Henrik Tived

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Re: [PTGui] RAID0 Partition on unallocated space on Windows 7 install

Hi Henrik

I am going with Joergen's recommendation (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/ptgui/6SovW0CsN60), the SSD 240GB will be used PTGui temp files and Photoshop scrach disk. 

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[UtahBob]

On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 10:36:49 PM UTC-4, Roy wrote:

 I did a hardware setup in BIOS, with SATA3- 3_0 and 3_1, not within Windows. I don't even know how to do it! Curious, how do you do it?

Since I did in BIOS, the unallocated space don't even show up in drive management! Any idea?

Roy,

I saw your post on another forum with the screenshot.  Amazing how quickly google picks this up.  I think what you need to do is to select Create Raid Volume and that should allow you to create another raid volume with the remaining space. You can then repeat that if you want two additional raid volumes. I think they can only be raid but don't quote me.

The Intel Rapid Storage Technology software is available from Intel and possibly on the Asrock site.  That can be used to perform in Win7 what you have done in Bios but it is unclear to me whether you have to enable the first raid in Bios before you can use the Intel RST software within the OS.

Make sure you backup that OS volume if you have anything of value on it.

Bob

[Joergen Geerds]

Just keep in mind that some/most of my recommendations were geared towards budget computing... now that SSDs have become much cheaper ($330 for 480 GB is still falling), it's starting to make sense to use SSD for almost everything but long term storage...

[Roy]

Hi All

I finally figured it out! Everything is in order now.

Thanks every one.

On Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:42:56 PM UTC-4, Roy wrote:

[Henrik]

Hi Roy,

I would've really interested in hearing how the performance is on your new system. 

When you get a moment, could you run the PTGui speedtest please

Thanks

Henrik

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[Roy]

Hi Henrik

I was out of town, sorry for the delay. I will post performance/time here when I get a chance to run some test. I am working on Orion/Merlin head side by side, building the PC. It will be a while before I can do the test tho.

Roy