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How to tell if a hard drive with Windows was used in AHCI or RAID mode?
I have a computer with a corrupted windows installation that will not boot into the OS. I am trying to fix the operating system, but I am not sure at this point if the drive was using RAID or AHCI. ...
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Will my RAID configuration be preserved after BIOS upgrade?
I have a setup build on "ASRock Z690 PRO RS" oat the mother board I have 3 RAIDs:
Raid1: 2X NVMe SSD (system)
RAID5: 3X HDD 9TB
RAID5: 4X HDD 9TB
Right now I want to make an update to 13th ...
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HDD visible in BIOS and WD Dashboard, but not in Win10 Disk Manager
I have two WD Blue and two WD Red drives. All were working perfectly fine on my Win10 PC up until I have reinstalled the system. Now I only see two WD Red drives.
When I connect these (Blue) drives ...
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RAID 10 Failed after BIOS flub. Any chance at recovery?
System Specs (about 11/12 years old):
Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z
i7-2600K
32MB DDR3
Windows 10 Pro - 21H2
Samsung 980 Pro 1TB (OS)
Toshiba 7200RPM 5TB (Movies, Music & other media)
4x Seagate 3TB ...
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PC needs to reset bios every time it starts
EVERY TIME I start my custom built PC this appears. I have no clue at all but it may have something to do with a win11 update.
To boot into windows, I'll have to go into bios by F1, load my saved ...
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Asus Z690-PLUS WiFi - NVMe RAID drives not showing up s boot device and can't enable XMP
I have been through almost a month of hell now with Asus support (which is the biggest embarrassing idea of a support help desk as there could be unless you need to know how to turn on a PC and the ...
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System(s) freeze when Adaptec RAID BIOS loads
I have an old RAID setup consisting of an ASUS P8H77-V with an Adaptec 6405 RAID Controller. This setup has been working well for years.
Recently there were a fault in the UPS that resulted in the ...
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RAID1 default disk capacity is lesser than the disk sizes. Any ideas? Intel RRAID Storage Technology - RAIDfrom Bios
Here the screenshots I think they explains everything
The disks are advertised as 1 TB and the real size of the disks are 931.5 GB
I have installed Windows Server without RAID setup for ...
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Debian installer can’t find laptop ssd and I can’t change the mode to RAID in the BIOS
I am trying to usb install debian 10 to my hp laptop. However, it is not finding the laptop’s ssd, only the usb drive. I am not experienced with installing operating systems, but I read at Debian USB ...
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Choosing RAID mode rather than AHCI/SATA mode?
Currently studying how computers work, I came across the last paragraph of the answer of this link:
Many SATA controllers can enable AHCI separately or in conjunction with RAID support. Intel ...
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Can't clone my old Windows 10 system to RAID 0 in new build
Going crazy trying to get my new build to boot. I need to restore my old system from an external usb drive to a RAID 0 created in the new motherboard bios. I’ve updated the raid drivers in Windows ...
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On consumer grade laptops what is the significance of “RAID ON” option in the firmware?
On few consumer laptops I have noticed that the laptop’s firmware provides an option for RAID.
Firmware -> SATA Operation -> RAID ON or AHCI (AHCI and RAID ON are mutually exclusive)
The ...
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SSDs show up in AHCI mode but not RAID mode
We have a problem with our motherboard where the SSDs installed (there is no M.2 installed, just 2 SSDs) are detected when the SATA mode in BIOS is set to AHCI, but disappear with no way to set up a ...
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How can I have a raid and a separate OS drive on server
I am working on re-purposing a server for a pet project. The server has 3 HDDs and 1 SDD. I would like the 3 HDDS to be RAID0 and then install the OS on the SDD.
I'm running into an issue where we ...
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Does changing the SATA setting in BIOS render your Windows installation unbootable?
I accidentally changed the SATA setting from RAID to ACHI (by reseting to the factory settings) and don't receive any signal to the monitor, as a result can't boot (or potentially see) to BIOS. I'm ...
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How can I check if my UEFI supports RAID?
I can't find it in UEFI settings. Motherboard name is ASRock Z370 Pro4.
I had a look at the specification at the manufacturer's site however all the info they provide is:
128Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS ...
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Setup RAID 0 for an Asus Zenbook UX301i
I've been asked to format and install Linux on the laptop, which has two 128gb SSDs. ASUS suggest RAID 0 is fast, so I want to setup the laptop, as is, but with Linux Mint installed.
https://www.asus....
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Hard Disk Not Recognised by BIOS RAID
Had Windows 7 Ultimate x64 installed on SATA Seagate Barracuda HDD connected to Intel Z68 motherboard processed by Intel Core i5-2500K processor and powered by Corsair VS 550 in a desktop.
12 volts ...
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Recovering data from RAID 0 after reinstalling Windows
I have the following setup on my system:
4 SDDs in RAID0 with Windows 10.
1 standalone SSD
The RAID was created on BIOS using Intel's Rapid Storage Utility.
In my attempt to setup Ubuntu on the ...
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System Won't Boot If I Change from RAID ON to AHCI (Windows 10)
System Configuration - SATA Operation
I am trying to enable AHCI for a "secondary system experiment" so that the drives will be recognized in the installer. Thing is, when I enable AHCI windows won't ...
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RAID1 Drives Have Separated
My wife came to me yesterday and asked me when I installed a new hard drive in our home office computer. Since I hadn't installed any new drives I hopped on and saw that my 2-disk RAID1 drive had ...
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Remove RAID0 and move Windows to SSD - Acer Predator 17
Symptom: I've just bought an Acer Predator 17 (model number G9-793-73MB) and although the Technical Specs say it only has two (2) HDs it actually has three (3): 2 M2 SSDs and 1 HDD. However, the 2 ...
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M.2 SSD disappeared from Windows, can't install Windows 10 version 1703
I have a new Fujitsu D957, which comes as standard with an M.2 SSD. The company I bought it from have added, at my request, two SATA SSDs and configured them in RAID-1, and made Windows 10 Pro boot ...
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How to change AHCI to RAID again after booting previous RAID drive in AHCI mode
I recently cleared CMOS because of a motherboard problem, but I forgot to change the SATA setting to RAID 1 again prior to restarting the computer. I noticed this when I saw the Intel RST service not ...
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RAID 5 Data Recovery Unusual Behaviour
I am attempting to recover a HW RAID 5 setup from what appears to be a failing motherboard chipset.
The BIOS can detect the 3 individual drives, and the RAID ROM detects all 3 drives as member drives....
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Asus motherboard has no raid post. Is this correct?
I have an ASUS 970 PRO GAMING/AURA motherboard in which I'm trying to set up raid. When i set the sata mode to RAID, and restart, there is no separate post for RAID setup, and the usual AMD hotkeys ...
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Windows 10 Couldn't boot, replaced HDD, only recognized in bios using SATA0 or SATA1?
Suffered some sort of failure where my computer wouldn't boot (Windows 10). After trying a few recovery methods unsuccessfully, I figured it was a bad drive, bought a replacement (WD Blue 1TB), but ...
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Dell R730 PERC H730p mini performance issue post BIOS Update
I am scratching my head on this issue so it's time to ask the community!
Below is a benchmark after a fresh install of Windows Server 2012
This next picture is a benchmark I happened to do AFTER ...
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RAID settings in BIOS automatically reset
I've been running a RAID 1 for years now. Recently, I reinstalled Windows. I did not TOUCH the BIOS but SATA mode was reset to IDE mode somehow. Then I reinstalled Windows in (unknowingly) IDE mode, ...
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Trying to add a RAID 0 boot drive, can't install OS. Lenovo driving me mad
Okay, so I have 2 120GB Sandisk SSDs. I plugged one into the system, fired it up and all was fine to install windows (installed 7). The owner then asked to have a 2nd SSD added to do a raid 0. ...
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