Windows 7 SP1 setup partitioning

Eduard

Eduard

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Hello everyone.

I am about to re-install Windows 7 SP1 on my laptop, which has 24 GB built-in SSD and 500 GB hard disk space. I wish to create a striped (RAID 0) partition using the two storage devices.
Is this possible to fulfill by, let's say, pressing Shift+10, typing in diskmgmt.msc and doing the rest from there?
Assistance is greatly appreciated. :)
 
You can't raid these 2 drives, sorry. You need 2 identical drives. Both have to be hdd or ssd but you can't mix one and one.
 
It can be done, however its a terrible idea. What motherboard do you have? You can kind of achieve what you're after potentially using Intel's Smart Response, which if you have the right chipset, is ideal for your situation.
 
johnb35 said:
You can't raid these 2 drives, sorry. You need 2 identical drives. Both have to be hdd or ssd but you can't mix one and one.
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Okedokey said:
It can be done, however its a terrible idea. What motherboard do you have? You can kind of achieve what you're after potentially using Intel's Smart Response, which if you have the right chipset, is ideal for your situation.
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Just to expand on why it's a bad idea.

When you setup RAID 0 on drives of different sizes, you only get the capacity of the smaller drive. So in this instance, you'd get a total of 48GB in RAID 0 (2x 24GB)

When you setup RAID 0, which some argue is not worth it, you should be using drives of the same type and size. If you use RAID 0 between an SSD and a mechanical HD, the performance compared to the SSD alone will be much worse as it has to split the data to a mechanical drive. Also, you NEED a backup solution when using RAID 0 as the chance of a drive failing multiplies every time you add a drive.
 
Thank you for all the responses.
Just to clarify, here is my planned setup: since the SSD will be too small by itself for the C: partition, I would like to create a striped (not spanned) partition, which I understand to be 24 GB of SSD and 24 GB of HDD. The remainder of HDD storage will then be the D: drive.
I understand there is no data redundancy, so I have a backup strategy in place; I have a 1 TB external hard disk, which will do the job. As for performance, I have never had an OS on an SSD before, and it is fine for me.
 
Okedokey said:
It can be done, however its a terrible idea. What motherboard do you have? You can kind of achieve what you're after potentially using Intel's Smart Response, which if you have the right chipset, is ideal for your situation.
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I believe I have Intel Smart Response, judging from the list of official drivers available for my laptop (ASUS S46CM). However, I am not sure how it functions.
 
Eduard said:
Thank you for all the responses.
Just to clarify, here is my planned setup: since the SSD will be too small by itself for the C: partition, I would like to create a striped (not spanned) partition, which I understand to be 24 GB of SSD and 24 GB of HDD. The remainder of HDD storage will then be the D: drive.
I understand there is no data redundancy, so I have a backup strategy in place; I have a 1 TB external hard disk, which will do the job. As for performance, I have never had an OS on an SSD before, and it is fine for me.
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You can't RAID partitions, only drives, so there would be no way to utilize the unused capacity of the larger HD.
 
You install windows on the HDD and then enable the SSD as a smart response drive. The intel software then creates a single partition (e.g. C:) and it will be seamless.
 
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