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<blockquote data-quote="Clarence" data-source="post: 141977" data-attributes="member: 12070"><p>thank you to all of the experts for exposing so much good information. It's been some years since a got a new motherboard and now this new windows 8. From what I have discovered about 8, installation can be a challenging. </p><p>This website goes a long way to clarifying installation, but I worry about a few things that are not clear to me. New board is PX79 Pro (ASUS)</p><p>1. I want to install on an SSD on Port 0 and in AHCI, which is a SATA 6 port.</p><p>2. I want to attach two WD HDDs 1tb each in RAID on the SATA 3 ports of which there are 4.</p><p>3. I want to install the DVD ATAPi on one of the remaining 2 SATA 3 ports.</p><p> A. The array will be the two WD HDDs only</p><p> B. The OS on the SSD and the DVD drives are "outside" of the RAID 0 array.</p><p>4. I want to leave the Marvel ports alone because of the terror associated with them. Maybe later I'll learn how to use them.</p><p>Now, keeping in mind what I would like to do, as above; before I load windows I should click on the "have drivers" and install what? AHCI drivers only or the RAID drivers only or both? Or, just skip the add drivers? and proceed to install windows 8?</p><p>What I would like to know for certain is once the operating system is installed on the SSD on port 0 and using AHCI, can I then install RAID drivers for the 2 HDDs on the SATA 3 ports and then set RAID in the bios for those two alone.</p><p>As I recall, for my windows 7 set up, I installed the OS and then set up RAID in bios so the SSD was then shown as a RAID drive, but not part of the RAID array. The f6 type function wasn't necessary.</p><p>Please set me firmly sraight on this so I can avoid reinstall and reinstall and reinstall to wear out my new SSD.</p><p>Thank you so much.</p><p>Clarence</p><p></p><p>after thought/question:</p><p>If and when I do do the F6 load of whatever drivers I should load at installation, can I put them in a folder on the same USB drive I have the windwos 8 installation on?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clarence, post: 141977, member: 12070"] thank you to all of the experts for exposing so much good information. It's been some years since a got a new motherboard and now this new windows 8. From what I have discovered about 8, installation can be a challenging. This website goes a long way to clarifying installation, but I worry about a few things that are not clear to me. New board is PX79 Pro (ASUS) 1. I want to install on an SSD on Port 0 and in AHCI, which is a SATA 6 port. 2. I want to attach two WD HDDs 1tb each in RAID on the SATA 3 ports of which there are 4. 3. I want to install the DVD ATAPi on one of the remaining 2 SATA 3 ports. A. The array will be the two WD HDDs only B. The OS on the SSD and the DVD drives are "outside" of the RAID 0 array. 4. I want to leave the Marvel ports alone because of the terror associated with them. Maybe later I'll learn how to use them. Now, keeping in mind what I would like to do, as above; before I load windows I should click on the "have drivers" and install what? AHCI drivers only or the RAID drivers only or both? Or, just skip the add drivers? and proceed to install windows 8? What I would like to know for certain is once the operating system is installed on the SSD on port 0 and using AHCI, can I then install RAID drivers for the 2 HDDs on the SATA 3 ports and then set RAID in the bios for those two alone. As I recall, for my windows 7 set up, I installed the OS and then set up RAID in bios so the SSD was then shown as a RAID drive, but not part of the RAID array. The f6 type function wasn't necessary. Please set me firmly sraight on this so I can avoid reinstall and reinstall and reinstall to wear out my new SSD. Thank you so much. Clarence after thought/question: If and when I do do the F6 load of whatever drivers I should load at installation, can I put them in a folder on the same USB drive I have the windwos 8 installation on? [/QUOTE]
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