Can i set up a raid with a SSD and a HD

Farmer89

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I currently have one 2 tb HD and a 120G SSD for windows, can I set these two up in a raid or something because every time I save, it goes to my SSD and I have to manually put stuff in the HD. Is there a way to have them linked up or set up a program to make it easier. Thanks
 
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You do not want to do that. RAID 0 or 1 is limited to the size of the smallest, and the speed of the slowest. You be crippling both drives.

See this tutorial for having stuff save elsewhere by default.
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html

USAFRet

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You do not want to do that. RAID 0 or 1 is limited to the size of the smallest, and the speed of the slowest. You be crippling both drives.

See this tutorial for having stuff save elsewhere by default.
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
 
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jitpublisher

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You could, but its a really bad idea. I don't think that you completely understand about RAID.
There are options in just about all apps, programs, browsers, to set defaults of where you want to save files. I have basically the same drive setup as you and all my downloads and saved files are set to go into a specified folder on my 1TB hard drive.
 

Farmer89

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How do I do that then? I am still new at all this and dont want to get it wrong, Thanks
 

USAFRet

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Read the above linked tutorial.
And for specific applications, look in the menu settings. Maybe something under "Preferences" or "Options".