Upgrading to Windows 11 works well with merged partitions. Using RAID 0 can boost gaming performance.
Upgrading to Windows 11 works well with merged partitions. Using RAID 0 can boost gaming performance.
You're thinking about moving from Windows 10 to 11, still unsure if the benefits outweigh the risks. The warning about data loss during reinstallation is valid—upgrading without a clean install can be risky. Using RAID 0 on your ASUS Prime Pro X570 seems like a smart choice; it won’t lock you into any specific OS and could actually boost performance. Adding games to RAID 0 might not hurt and could even improve speed, depending on your hardware and workload.
When I upgraded, the start menu disappeared and I had to reinstall everything. The tool you mentioned seems to be disk management. For RAID 0 on your SSD, you get more bandwidth but likely slower response times. Games won’t fully utilize the speed either, so I didn’t notice any big changes in performance. If you’re consolidating volumes like that, it’s okay—it won’t hurt and won’t improve loading times much. Copying your Steam library from another fast drive will help speed things up. Keep in mind, using RAID Windows only affects the volumes, not the drives themselves, so firmware updates or SMART checks won’t work that way.
The concept was clear, yes. I didn’t need 40 GB per drive and then shuffle files to free space for a 60 GB game. I didn’t realize the implications. Thanks for the reply—RAID 0 lets me reset my OS but doesn’t help gaming performance, raises latency, and blocks SMART updates and firmware changes. A big partition gives the size I want but prevents OS wiping without data loss. Neither option is ideal. Are there other solutions you haven’t considered?
Additionally, remember that if any of the storage devices in the array fail, your data could be lost from both drives due to the striped configuration. It seems you might still be able to expand the OS volume onto another drive, but you'll need to delete the restore partition first. I’m unsure how Windows 10 or 11 will handle this situation since I haven’t done it in Windows 7.
Ensure the operating system resides on a different storage device. Alternatively, consider implementing RAID for enhanced performance.