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Switch RAID to AHCI without reinstalling Windows 10
My Dell XPS 9560 uses RAID as a SATA controller mode.
After I change it to AHCI, the Windows 10 will not boot.
What should I do if I don't want to reinstall Windows 10?
RAID = Redundant Array of ...
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SATA III 6Gb/s, is that 6gbit/sec per device, or for the entire controller?
If I have (12) SSD drives in a RAID6, will the max connection speed of each drive be 6Gbps, or is that for the entire controller?
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Add Intel RAID Drivers to existing Windows 7 install BEFORE enabling RAID in BIOS?
I'm trying to:
Take a system image of my current WIndows 7 x64 setup, which is using IDE-mode storage
Enable RAID in the BIOS
Install two new drives and set up a RAID mirror
Restore my system image ...
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5 x 3GB drives and 4 x 1500GB drive best raid setup?
I am building a file server my plan is the have the Operating system on one raid partition and the data storage on another partition.
I currently have 5 x 3GB IDE drives that i would like to put the ...
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Software RAID on dual boot Windows and Ubuntu
Can I successfully implement a software RAID even when I use both Windows and Ubuntu?
What software tools in both OSes that can help in this regard?
I have 1TB sata on ASUS m4a78T-E and I wish to ...
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In BIOS, what does "SATA Controller" with the ability to select either IDE or RAID mean?
In my BIOS, I've got a setting called "SATA Controller" that can select either IDE or RAID.
It's currently set to IDE.
What does this setting mean, and will bad things happen if I change it?
My ...
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Which SATA operation mode for SATA III SSD in laptop?
Which is the best setting in BIOS for SATA operation mode for a laptop to connect SATA III based fast SSD drive, and why?
ATA
AHCI
RAID On (Intel Rapid Storage)
There will be no RAID set in system (...
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Determining if motherboard has SAS compatibility and SAS software RAID compatibility?
What specs are you supposed to look for in a motherboard to determine if it has SAS compatibility and SAS software RAID compatibility built into it?
I'm looking under the details of this:
http://www....
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Windows 7 Setup sees RAIDed drives as independent drives?
I'm installing Windows 7 on a PC with a DFI Lanparty nf4 Ultra-D motherboard. I'm using the onboard SATA raid to combine two 250gig hard drives into a single drive.
I'm the BIOS, I have raid enabled, ...
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SAS 15,000rpm RAID 0 slower than external eSATA single 7200rpm drive. Why?
I've got two internal 135GB SAS drives in a RAID 0 array making a 270GB logical volume talking to my Dell Precission T5500 motherboard via a Dell supplied SAS 6iR controller.
Writing Speed
I SaveAs ...
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Gradual Disk Errors
I am having an intermittent problem with my computer where programs start freezing up. What generally happens is that certain programs stop responding entirely, and are impossible to kill via the task ...
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What would work faster: One PCI-E based super fast SSD 120GB or 4 SATA 2 SSD's 60GB inside some RAID?
I want to change my current RAID (HDD based 4 sata 2 120GB) on which my OS (Windows 7) is installed to some more fancy fast and modern SSD based. I have 2 options - 4 OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-60G or one 120 GB ...
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RAID Hard drive partition from one motherbord to another?
I had ASUS P5K3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP which was working for 4 years. Yesturday it burned out... literaly with smoke and fire... So I plan on getting DFI LanParty LT X48-T3RS (Intel X48, DDR3) as a ...
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RAID 10 "failure" after changing BIOS setting
I have been using a RAID10 setup for quite some time and today, after loading a saved BIOS configuration (for overclocking), it set my SATA mode to AHCI rather than RAID. I didn't notice this and ...
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Independence of SATA channels and ports
I'm working on setting up a simple RAID and am wondering about how independent my SATA ports really are. There are 4 ports on the motherboard, but lspci shows only two controllers
00:0e.0 IDE ...
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What's the difference between the Adaptec Hybrid RAID and MaxCache Using SSDs? [closed]
From this line of controllers
http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/products/controllers/hardware/
Explained further here
http://www.adaptec.com/nr/pdfs/product_overview.pdf
My interpretation is as ...
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Switching BIOS SATA RAID/AHCI setting causes BSOD at Windows Start - Why?
I just changed my disk setup from:
1 SATA HDD Primary OS Disk
2x SATA HDD Backup Disks in RAID 1
TO:
1 SATA SSD Primary OS Disk
1 SATA HDD Backup Disk
[No RAID]
Everything worked great, no problem....
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GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 or GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 (2x M.2 NVMe) + SATA
I have been considering building a new system with dual Samsung 950 NVMe SSDs and I am slightly confused about how the firmware on GIGABYTE supports this setup.
Reading the manual for the Gaming 7(...
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PCI-E SATA Controller
i'm trying to find a SATA Controller that has a PCI-E connecction of at least 4x, and has also at least 4 channels for SATA disks. I need it to make a real raid 5 system, the fakeraid on my ...
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SATA Card/RAID Controller - Covering Both Economically
I have been researching RAID (specifically RAID 5) for the last couple weeks. I have seen arguments for both sides, whether to use it, whether to use software versus hardware, and some arguments in ...
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Use sata splitters in a software RAID setup?
I'm looking at setting up NAS using FreeNAS. I'm working on a parts list that would be that NAS system. I'm looking at the MiniITX motherboard form factor for compact-ness. The big down side is that ...
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Can't install windows - setup can't see my hard disk (RAID1)
I am trying to install win8 x64 on my machine. The machine has two hard drives connected in RAID1 I have just created : image
I have inserted the USB containing the Windows installation media and ...
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2 RAID Arrays on Z390 chipset (M.2x4 and SATA)
I need to know if this is possible. To have two RAID arrays on a z390 platform. The first being a boot drive composed of two M.2x4 pcie SSDs in RAID 1 and the other being composed of two SATA III SSDs ...
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How can I connect more than 2 drives to the Highpoint Rocket Raid 620
The raid card in question has only 2 sata ports on the card. I'd like to connect 5 drives to this, and I was wondering how I could achieve that.
The highpoint website states that up to 10 drives can ...
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Sas(not mini) to Sata cable
I've been thinking of getting a Dell SAS card to use in a server and I understand that normal SATA drivers are usable. Seeing that these Dell cards don't have mini-SAS, what sort of cable do I need to ...
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Disk Read Error whenever i install XP pro
I have a computer which has a raid 0 with 2 hard drives
When i installed Vista on the computer it worked fine, saw the raid setup and allowed me to install quickly
But like most people i hated vista ...
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SATA Card Blocks On-Board RAID Controller
I have a PCI-Express two-port SATA card (from SSU).
It is model SU-SATA3-T2.
I'm installing it in a Dell Optiplex 990. The Dell motherboard part number is 06D7TR.
The card seems to work, but with one ...
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LSI HBA Enable Partial or Slumber Low Power Mode
I have a SATA disc connected to a LSI 9207-8i HBA
which uses the LSI SAS2308 controller. I am trying to put this disc in slumber by enabling device initiated power management. Disk sends a PMREQ_P / ...
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What are following sata raid drivers for?
I've been installing raid 1 based server and the first time i did it. I didn't know which one to choose to I chose at random (I think ICH7R/DH one). Everything worked, but disk access times were ...
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Does a SATA III controller for PCI-e 1.0 (x16) exist?
I'm trying to hunt around for a solution to a disk issue I have with my home server. Basically, I started to use it to stream video (going from a virtual host, it now does alot more). I see alot of ...
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