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Does Windows 11 support system drives in Raid like Windows 10 does? MSI (Intel) Z390 notebook Motherboard

Anonymous
2022-05-09T02:06:50+00:00

Ran the Windows 11 upgrade PC Health Check tool on my 2 year old MSI GT76 Titan DT-039 Windows 10 Pro notebook. Notebook passed every requirement for upgrade to Windows 11 (all green check marks). I ran the Windows 11 upgrade & got an incomplete but semi functioning Windows 11 Pro upgrade (missing Windows Start Menu, no Control Panel, no Windows 11 update, only the Windows 11 task bar showed up without a Windows Search & no System Settings. I tried all the Windows 11 upgrade trouble shooting tips for several days with Microsoft Windows support. Each day Windows 11 gained slightly more functionality but after 3 days it was still missing most of the important Windows 11 management tools & System Settings. Finally Microsoft Windows elevated support suggested I reinstall my notebooks original Windows 10 Pro OS & forget about Windows 11 upgrade despite Windows Health check reporting my notebook can run Windows 11.

My notebook uses 3x 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD in Raid0 set up in my UEFI BIOS. I need a large system drive for all my data (over 4TB) otherwise I wouldn't use Raid since NVMe SSD's are fast enough on their own. For some reason my Windows 11 Pro upgrade didn't install a complete, fully functioning version. My systems security software was completely removed prior to running the Windows 11 upgrade. Any one know if Microsoft Windows 11 supports system drives in Raid? Trying to figure out what could have gone wrong, appreciate any suggestions?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-05-09T04:40:37+00:00

    Hi Gregg,

    Thanks for your reply. In answer to your question yes I want a 6TB NVMe performance system drive

    for all my vast, large media files and my current gaming notebook's motherboard Z390 Chipset BIOS only supports NVMe PCIE 3.0 SSD's that all SSD Manufacturer Brand's only sell at up to 2TB maximum size. I need at least 3TB on a system drive to hold all my data. The only way I can obtain a system drive that size is to use Raid0 (combine several drives (3) into 1 performance Raid array which also provides increased performance verses 1 exact drive set up as a single system drive. If my motherboard supported the newest NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD's that offer up to 4TB then I would agree with you and use one single 4TB System Drive and forget about Raid altogether. So yes, if I had the newer hardware supporting 4TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD I'd happily forget all about using Raid.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-05-09T02:46:27+00:00

    Hi Jon. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, here to help you.

    I would not use RAID which is dated technology no longer needed in modern Windows operating system. It doesn't even live up to the first letter of it's acronym since even in RAID1 files are often lost if one drive dies. In countless cases involving RAID I've seen in forums, I've rarely seen a happy ending, usually files are lost and Windows is not recoverable

    Is there some reason why you need RAID that today's larger SSD's and drive imaging would not cover?

    Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-11T01:31:21+00:00

    You are most welcome, Jon. I'm happy to help any time.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-05-11T01:27:43+00:00

    Greg thanks for your great suggestions, especially tomshardware.com. I've been a tomshardware member for years. Also, I was wrong suggesting Windows 11 doesn't support Raid it's actually the newest NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD's that don't support Raid. Since my 2 year old notebook only supports NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD's the Raid obviously wasn't the reason Windows 11 upgrade didn't fully install. My notebook is back to original Windows 10 Pro OS & running great. I think I'll leave well enough alone for now & wait to use Windows 11 when I purchase a new gaming notebook that already comes with it. Thanks again Greg.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-05-09T15:31:30+00:00

    Jon in that case it is understandable since the rule of thumb has become that RAID is unnecessary except for those who must handle huge video files, for editing any the like. However you might want to install WIndows 10 a separate SSD from the storage RAID.

    These are the best resources I find for RAID in WIndows 11:

    https://www.elevenforum.com/t/how-to-make-raid-...

    https://www.wikigain.com/configure-raid-in-wind...

    https://kreweduoptic.com/how-to-configure-raid-...

    https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/using-r...

    The place I would ask who specialize in this is Tom's Hardware forums here:

    https://forums.tomshardware.com/ to get the best guidance for doing this.

    I hope it helps.

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