Raid

Create RAID array, size of wanted Windows drive in total.

In early Windows install phase that allows Driver loading, load Your driver in e.g. from USB stick:

- Intel Rapid Storage Technology RST, Sata RAID driver (F6FLPY64)

- AMD Storage driver

- Your real RAID card's driver

Create first 300 MB drive, then create System partition you need. Delete that first small partition. Now select bigger one and press Install or ENTER. Windows will crrate a System Reserved -partition on that spaceholder. This must lay in the beginning of the drive array for BIOS/EFI to be able to boot from it.

After You have reached Windows desktop, pushed some 180 Windows updates, You can create install Linux RAUD Array. IntelRST allows usually pnly two arrays, so now create the secon You need. Use LVM with this softraid/fakeraid disk, to have SWAP etc partitions needed.

Benefits of FakeRAID/softraid? Well atleast one can rescue data from the disks after destruction of the RAID card configuration, easier than one might think.

And Yes, install the RAID monitoring softwares too, those huge background running monsters.

Remember that RAID is not a BackUp solution, it buys You a week more time to save the data You feel are precious or You arr in lack of time to reinstall at that time.