The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) Driver (16.8.0.1000) supports the configuration and enabling of System Acceleration with Intel® Optane™ Memory and maintenance of RAID 0/1/5/10. Yesterday, I upgraded to Windows 10 and upon completion of the installation, I discovered that Windows 10 did not allow my Raid controller driver to work. I already checked the MFG's website and they do not have a driver for windows 10.
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I have always had a hardware RAID 5, but recently lost tons of data due to a drive loss, even after recovery steps.
I am trying to set up a RAID 1 on 3 drives, and I do not see the option 'Add Mirror' which I saw on many How-tos.
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EDITHere is when attempting to click on a simple volume and no volume.
EDIT 2 Fun fact, I booted off my Windows 7 and attempted the same thing .. THERE IT IS!
EDIT 2016: Windows 10 Home Edition does not have support for most Raid setups. It's recommended to use Storage Spaces but if you get Windows 10 Pro or higher it will have the Raid support I wanted.
Raid Drivers For Windows 10
2 Answers
It is not surprising that Microsoft has lowered support for software RAID,as since Windows 8 it has incorporated a more advanced RAID technologythat is called Storage Spaces. Microsoft always phases-out older technologyin favor of newer one.If you really want the classic RAID, you'll need the Pro or Enterprise editions of Windows 10.
Storage Spaces are volumes rendered upon spanned pools utilizingmultiple drives, in effect the same as RAID, just much easier to set up.
Here are a couple of references from the thousands that you can find on the Web:
If you are multi-booting Windows 10 and Windows 7, beware -Windows 7 will not understand Storage Spaces.
Ability to add a mirror may only exist on Windows 10 Pro and Higher versions. I noticed you were using Home in all versions shown.
Looking for that option in Windows 10 Pro, I was able to select the 'New Mirrored Volume' option.
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There seems to be multiple other users noting this behavior on Microsoft's forums.https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/becca8a4-14c1-4341-9bb7-4730079819a3/i-dont-have-add-mirror-option-in-disk-management-in-windows-10?forum=w8itprogeneral
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Raid Controller Driver Intel
Description | Type | OS | Version | Date |
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Intel® RAID Web Console 2 Utility for Solaris* This utility supports the Intel® RAID Controller, Intel® Integrated RAID, Intel ITIR RAID products and Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology II. | Software Applications | Solaris* | 15.05.01.00 Latest | 9/23/2015 |
64bit RAID Driver [IR2_WIN2003-X64_WINXP-X64_V6.45.3.64_SIGNED_DRV.EXE] Contains the signed Windows* x64 driver for the Intel® RAID Controllers SROMBU42E, SRCU42X, SRCU42E, SRCU41L, SRCS16, SRCS28X, and SRCZCRX. | Drivers | Windows XP Professional x64 Edition* Windows Server 2003* Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition* | 6.45.3.64 Latest | 10/21/2008 |
MegaServ Service Utility for Windows* This package contains MegaServ service utility (monitoring RAID Controller status) for Microsoft Windows*. | Software Applications | Windows XP Professional x64 Edition* Windows XP Professional* Windows Server 2003* 3 more | 5.15 Latest | 12/10/2007 |
RAID Controller Firmware and Operating System Install Utilities This download contains firmware for Intel® RAID Controllers SRCZCRX and SRCU42X. It also includes flash update utility for different OS versions. | Firmware | OS Independent Windows XP Professional* Windows Server 2003* 6 more | 414I Latest | 11/1/2007 |
Hardware RAID Driver for RedHat* Linux This package contains the Hardware RAID Driver for RedHat* Linux 32bit and 64 bit drivers and includes source code. | Drivers | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0* Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.x* | 2.10.10.2, 2.20.4.6 Latest | 5/17/2007 |
Intel® RAID 2 - Hardware RAID Driver for Windows* This package contains the Signed Microsoft Windows* 2003 and XP (6.45.2.32) driver and the Microsoft Windows* 2000 (5.49) driver. | Drivers | Windows XP Professional* Windows Server 2003* Windows 2000 Advanced Server* | 5.49-00, 6.45.2.32 Latest | 3/16/2007 |
Hardware RAID Driver for SuSE Linux* This package contains the Hardware RAID drivers and source code for SuSE* Linux*. | Drivers | SUSE Linux 9.x* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0* | 2.20.4.6-1 Latest | 3/12/2007 |
Intel® RAID WebConsole for Adapters Prior to 2010 Windows* Web Console for Intel® RAID Controllers prior to 2010 (2.8-00-2). Recommend: GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 or better. CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3770 @3.4 GHz or better. RAM: 8 GB System Memory. OS: Windows® 7 and up (64-bit). Dragon ball online download game. | Software Applications | Windows XP Professional* Windows Server 2003* Windows 2000 Advanced Server* | 2.8-00-2 Latest | 2/20/2006 |
RAID System Update Package ISO Image - CD Build This System Update Package (SUP) contains the firmware releases for the Intel® RAID Controllers except SRCU41L. | Firmware | OS Independent | v2.0 Latest | 12/29/2005 |
Firmware Flash Image [IR2_SRCU42X_SRCZCRX_FW-V414B_PACKAGE.ZIP] This download contains firmware for Intel® RAID Controllers SRCZCRX and SRCU42X. It also includes flash update utility for different OS versions. | Firmware | OS Independent Windows XP Professional* Windows Server 2003* 4 more | 414B Latest | 6/30/2005 |
RAID Driver [IR2_OS_DRV_V2.24.TGZ] Contains the driver on OpenServer* 5.0.7, supports Intel® RAID Controllers SROMBU42E, SRCU42X, SRCU42E, SRCU41L, SRCS16, SRCS28X and SRCZCRX. | Drivers | OpenServer* | 2.24 Latest | 6/2/2005 |
Web Console Utility [IR2_OS_WEBCONSOLE_V2.8-00-4.TGZ] Contains OpenServer* version Web Console supporting Intel® RAID Controllers SROMBU42E, SRCU42X, SRCU42E, SRCU41L, SRCS16, SRCS28X and SRCZCRX. | Software Applications | OpenServer* | 2.8-00-4 Latest | 6/2/2005 |
Web Console Utility [IR2_NETWARE_WEBCONSOLE_V2.8-00-1.EXE] Supports Intel® RAID Controllers using software stack 2 (Intel RAID Controllers SROMBU42E, SRCU42X, SRCU42E, SRCU41L, SRCS16, SRCS28X, and SRCZCRX). | Software Applications | NetWare 6.5* NetWare 6.0* NetWare 5.1* | 2.8-00-1 Latest | 6/1/2005 |
RAID Driver [IR2_WINXP_V6.45.32_SIGNED_DRV.EXE] Supports Intel® RAID controllers using software stack 2 (Intel RAID Controllers SROMBU42E, SRCU42X, SRCU42E, SRCU41L, SRCS16, SRCS28X, and SRCZCRX). | Drivers | Windows XP Professional* | 6.45.32 Latest | 6/1/2005 |
RAID Driver [IR2_NW6.X_V7.01.09_DRV.EXE] NetWare* driver for Intel® RAID Controllers using software stack 2 (SROMBU42E, SRCU42X, SRCU42E, SRCU41L, SRCS16, SRCS28X, & SRCZCRX). | Drivers | NetWare 6.5* NetWare 6.0* NetWare 5.1* | 7.01.09 Latest | 5/31/2005 |
Web Console Utility [IR2_LINUX_WEBCONSOLE_V2.8-00-5.TGZ] Supports Intel® RAID Controllers using software stack 2 (Intel RAID Controllers SROMBU42E, SRCU42X, SRCU42E, SRCU41L, SRCS16, SRCS28X, and SRCZCRX). | Software Applications | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0* Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4* Red Hat Linux 9.0* 8 more | 2.8 Latest | 5/30/2005 |
Flash Utility for DOS, EFI, Linux*, Windows* and NetWare* versions [IR2_IRFLASH-PACKAGE_V1.01.EXE] This package includes the flash update utilities for the following OS versions: Linux*, Windows*, NetWare*, DOS and 64 bit EFI. | Software Applications | OS Independent Windows XP Professional* Windows Server 2003* 7 more | 1.01 Latest | 5/30/2005 |
Firmware Flash Utility [DOS_IRFLASH.ZIP] This package contains the DOS version of the firmware update (flash) utility and does not include the RAID controller Firmware. | Software Applications | DOS | v3.24-00 Latest | 4/26/2005 |
RAID Flash Utility for Windows* [WINDOWS_FLASH.ZIP] This package contains the Microsoft Windows* version of the firmware update (flash) utility and does not include the RAID controller Firmware. | Software Applications | Windows XP Professional* Windows Server 2003* Windows 2000 Advanced Server* | 2.03-00 Latest | 4/26/2005 |
Firmware Flash Utility [FIRMWARE_FLASH_UTILITY_LINUX_V4.01.00-0.ZIP] Firmware Flash utility for the Intel® RAID Controllers using software stack 2 (Intel RAID Controllers SRCU42X,SRCU42E,SRCZCRX,SROMBU42E, and SRCS16). | Software Applications | Linux* | 4.01.00-0 Latest | 4/20/2005 |