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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 ...
