I've done some searching, and I'm a bit confused at this point. Here's what I got:
BIOS: v1.50 (latest as of this post)
SSD
* Samsung 850 EVO 120GB
HDD
* Seagate Barracuda 500GB
* Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB
I'm currently running Windows 8.1 Pro x64 on the SSD with a RAID 0 config with 2x 500GB HDD's. In the BIOS under SATA Mode it is set to RAID. I'm really wanting to use the Ultra Fast Boot mode, but am currently unable to. When I set it to Ultra Fast Boot mode the only boot device I have for HDD are my USB flash drive with UEFI next to it (and it's not configured for that). I'm installing Windows 8.1 from a bootable USB stick. Samsung Magician complains about the SSD not being in AHCI mode, but that's because the SATA ports are set to RAID mode. This prevents me from doing certain things like a firmware update on the SSD, and a few other things. I want to have that option available if I ever need it, and be able to use the Ultra Fast Boot option.
On the board there are 2x grey SATA 3 and 4x black SATA 2 ports. I'm pretty sure I messed up when I did the installation of the drives - I have the SSD on SATA_3_0, but the Western Digital drive is connected to SATA_3_1 while the Seagate drive is connected to SATA_2_2. I configured the RAID 0 array before installing Windows, and messed up and left them both connected during installation.
I am willing to go through a fresh Windows installation, and reinstallation of the programs that are currently on my RAID 0 array. From what I'm understanding I need to install Windows 8.1 on the SSD with a GPT partition, setting SATA Mode to AHCI, set Boot to Ultra Fast Boot, and leave only the SSD connected during and after Windows installation. I am also using Secure Boot in the BIOS.
Is this correct or no? If no then please fill me in as I am kinda lost at this point concerning this.
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On and kinda off-topic question. I have my Steam library on the RAID 0 currently. I am fairly certain I will be able to simply delete all directories that contain the installations of my current programs on the RAID 0 array and just reinstall them on the fresh Windows installation, and launch Steam and have it update while maintaining my currently downloaded games. Is this correct?
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Thank you in advance for any and all answers.
BIOS: v1.50 (latest as of this post)
SSD
* Samsung 850 EVO 120GB
HDD
* Seagate Barracuda 500GB
* Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB
I'm currently running Windows 8.1 Pro x64 on the SSD with a RAID 0 config with 2x 500GB HDD's. In the BIOS under SATA Mode it is set to RAID. I'm really wanting to use the Ultra Fast Boot mode, but am currently unable to. When I set it to Ultra Fast Boot mode the only boot device I have for HDD are my USB flash drive with UEFI next to it (and it's not configured for that). I'm installing Windows 8.1 from a bootable USB stick. Samsung Magician complains about the SSD not being in AHCI mode, but that's because the SATA ports are set to RAID mode. This prevents me from doing certain things like a firmware update on the SSD, and a few other things. I want to have that option available if I ever need it, and be able to use the Ultra Fast Boot option.
On the board there are 2x grey SATA 3 and 4x black SATA 2 ports. I'm pretty sure I messed up when I did the installation of the drives - I have the SSD on SATA_3_0, but the Western Digital drive is connected to SATA_3_1 while the Seagate drive is connected to SATA_2_2. I configured the RAID 0 array before installing Windows, and messed up and left them both connected during installation.
I am willing to go through a fresh Windows installation, and reinstallation of the programs that are currently on my RAID 0 array. From what I'm understanding I need to install Windows 8.1 on the SSD with a GPT partition, setting SATA Mode to AHCI, set Boot to Ultra Fast Boot, and leave only the SSD connected during and after Windows installation. I am also using Secure Boot in the BIOS.
Is this correct or no? If no then please fill me in as I am kinda lost at this point concerning this.
---------
On and kinda off-topic question. I have my Steam library on the RAID 0 currently. I am fairly certain I will be able to simply delete all directories that contain the installations of my current programs on the RAID 0 array and just reinstall them on the fresh Windows installation, and launch Steam and have it update while maintaining my currently downloaded games. Is this correct?
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Thank you in advance for any and all answers.
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