I have a Windows 7 desktop with five SATA drives. I would like to make four of the drives into a RAID 5, but leave one (the OS drive) as is.
From the reading I've done, I've found these options, but they don't work for me:
- Set up a software RAID through Windows (via Disk Management).
- This doesn't work for me because I need a Linux machine to be able to access this RAID array. I've read that the software RAID is not recognized by other OSs.
- This doesn't work for me because I need a Linux machine to be able to access this RAID array. I've read that the software RAID is not recognized by other OSs.
- Set up a RAID using a PCIe RAID card.
- This doesn't work for me because my desktop currently has no PCIe card slots available.
When I look through the BIOS, I see RAID setup, but I think it's for the whole system (all five drives). Anyway, can I set up a RAID using only some of the drives?