Norm X wrote:
I've encountered "nvraid error" in my (hopefully fixable) install of
Win10
ultimate on my desktop. Years ago I set up a 3 drive RAID 0 storage array
with three partitions.. Fortunately, I can still boot from the partition
with Visa-32 installed. Using checkdisk it has discovered may errors
on the
Win10 partition. My problem is well known. I need to install more
software.
An OS that corrupts its own storage is not usable until the problem, is
fixed.

Whoops, my bad. After 8 years, I remembered how this PC was constructed.
So, I removed the HD6450 GPU, started a new Win10 install on a partition
that I saved elsewhere. This was my third attempt to make a new free
install of Win10, before July 29. A 3 drive RAID 0 storage array is a
construct from hardware(3 hdd), nVidia firmware, and nVidia software.
Over years the nVidia software was not preserved by Windows updates. I
tested the three partitions and only the Vista-32-U has enough nVidia
software to be safe to use a 3 drive RAID 0 storage array. Therefor to
unable one more (permanent) installation Win10, I need to purchase a new
single drive to use for install.

Please someone make a suggestion? The RAID array was made from three
Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm, ST250310AS with a listed Avg. Sequential
Mixed IO Speed 59.8MB/s

It is eight years later. Please suggests a SATA model with 1.0 terabyte
and 3 or 4 times that data rate?

Thanks in advance.

Well, Robert ran off a benchmark this morning.
This is a ST1000DM003. Bandwidth at the start of the
drive is 208MB/sec or so. Since the drive could have
been on a SATA II motherboard port, the tops could be clipped
off the peaks on the left. It doesn't really run all that
much faster than SATA II. Only a hair faster.

https://s32.postimg.org/mu5q1s3zp/example.jpg

It's $52 at the moment.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148840

On sequential, you cannot go too much faster than that. More
impressive, is Seagate makes a 6TB drive that runs at the
same rates.

Paul