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Is TRIM supported on RAID 0 configurations for SSD drives in Windows 7?
I know this question has probably been asked at some point in the past, but I am trying to figure out if Windows 7 supports passing TRIM commands through RAID controllers yet.
I am trying to decide ...
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Which software raid modes does each version of Windows 7 support?
Being familiar with the software raid modes and dynamic disks from the server versions, I was wondering if there is a document or even just common crowd knowledge that indicated what software raid ...
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Changing from RAID to AHCI and Windows 7 will not boot
I had a RAID0 array that for all intents and purposes went to hell. I put a new SSD (same on-board Intel controller) and installed a new copy of Windows on it and all the drivers (Intel Rapid Storage, ...
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What's the difference between RAID 1 software mirroring and Fake RAID?
I've just ordered two new hard drives for my main desktop and a copy of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I'd like to do a clean install of Windows 7 onto the new drives (leaving my old Windows XP ...
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To RAID or not to RAID: SSDs and virtualization
I am approaching that time where my main PC has slowed enough due to Windows rot that I should probably reinstall. Instead of spending a week arm-wrestling, reinstalling and configuring only to find ...
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What is the intel matrix storage manager? and what is IAAnotif.exe doing running in the background?
I have windows 7 and this is running in the background.
Using process explorer, I can see most of the DLLs are named, but two are unsigned called locale.nls an SortDefault.nls. One has no description ...
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Unsigned 64-bit RAID drivers during Windows 7 setup?
I'm in the process of installing Windows 7 64-bit. I use a raid card, Promise tx4300. I have the latest 32-bit & 64-bit drivers for it.
During setup, I need to load drivers so that setup can see ...
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Is there a chance to lose data if I switch RAID to AHCI
I have Windows 7. The boot drive is NON-raid SSD. I also have 2xHDD RAID1 (just data). RAID is Intel Matrix (or whatever the latest name for it).
I installed Windows in RAID mode
What might happen ...
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USB Storage is Write-Protected [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Remove the write protection from a USB flash disk
I have a Raidon GR3630-2S-SB2+ External RAID enclosure that I've just hooked into my system. For some reason, it's coming up ...
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Does software RAID 1 in Windows 7 improve read speeds?
Does software RAID 1 (mirroring) in Windows 7 improve read speeds?
I'd like to set up RAID 1 to help protect my important documents (yes, yes, I know it's not a backup), but performance is also ...
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Is it possible to create a software RAID 1 with different sector sizes?
I bought a hard drive of a different model to my main drive and tried to mirrored them, but the following error message came up in Windows 7 Virtual Disk Manager:
All disks holding extends for a ...
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Will mirroring with an SSD improve read performance?
If you use Windows 7 to mirror a volume across an SSD drive and a mechanical hard drive, will the read performance be similar to a single SSD drive?
I.e. is Windows smart enough to read from them ...
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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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My Computer hangs for a few minutes just after startup, and then is fine
So I just built myself a reasonably beefy computer, and I installed Windows 7 on it. However, I start the machine up each morning and within a few minutes, the computer will semi hang.
That is the ...
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How to safely remove eSATA drive when it's not in the Safely Remove Hardware dialog
I have Windows 7 32bit which was installed when the SATA devices on my PC (DVD & HDDs) were set as AHCI in the BIOS. Today I added two extra disks that are to be set up as RAID 1 so I went into ...
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