as the title says, im new, so hello everyone my name is Gordon I am from the USA :)

not sure if this is where i needed to post, i looked for an intro section but couldnt find one. Anyway, I have been a avid PC builder/modder/gamer/overclocker for quite a few years now. Got my College Degree in Physics, but I found this forum because I was hunting for a way to get my OS onto a SSD raid 0 array without loosing trim functionality. So thats where I will be going with my next post haha thanks guys! looking forward to hearing back from someone

-Gordon

Fernando thank you soooooo much!!!!! You have no idea how much time you I've saved me. I've been reading this whole day reading piecing together information on what I needed to do. I was about to start digging through all the guides here, phew thank you.

Okay two questions haha if you don't mind.

1) my system is running fine now so can I create a system image and run that during setup to save me hassle? I will have to connect another drive with the image to do so

2) Windows 10 upgrade I assume will cause problems? Should I wait?

Wait I'm a little confused. I don't think I mentioned but my os is installed on one of my two ssds. And I only have Windows 7 disks so unless I'm using a system image of Windows 10 one I upgrade how Will I directly install Windows 10 once I create the array?


Edit: looking back at your original post you said boot from media containing your OS. Does this mean I need to load Windows onto something other than my ssds, upgrade it to Windows 10 on that drive, setup raid and transfer the OS?

Is that any different than creating a system image on the non ssd drive and reinstalling from that image? Aside from a system image I don't know how else to "transfer" the OS.

Sorry for my confusion :/

Ohhh I see I had no idea Microsoft offered such service as a iso file of you have the proper product key. Now I see what you meant :) I think I have what I need now, it will be tomorrow before I'm back and able to do it. I will update once I do it. Thank you so much I seriously cannot thank you enough!

Edit: I just had a thought, if this will work on a clean install then that means the Intel RST 12.9.1.0000 won't be present, is this no longer needed with the modded bios? Or do I need to still load those driver during setup and installation of the fresh OS?