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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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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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Can I setup a software RAID in Windows 7 using Virtual Hard Disks?
Well, the title of my question pretty much sums it up, but let me elaborate. The main idea of what I want to do is as follows:
1) I have two separate hard disks, with nearly equal performance. I use ...
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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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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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How do I check Windows 7 Software RAID Rebuild Progress from the Command Line?
I use software RAID on my Windows 7 ultimate box media center. Unfortunately, Windows decides it needs to rebuild my software RAID pair much more often than I'd like. The most common way to see the ...
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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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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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optimal SATA SSD configuration in new PC
I'm sold on SATA SSDs for my next PC but since their prices grow un-proportionally to their size, I'm wondering what would be the best configuration for them (for OS and Programs) would be:
2 SSDs ...
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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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How can I install an AMD RAID driver after Windows installation?
This is similar to this question, but for AMD (or general for all hardware, if such solution exists).
Windows 7 is installed with a SATA controller in AHCI mode. Afterwards, I added two more hard ...
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Can only see 1.6 tb with an 4 x 4tb raid 0
Im trying to have window see my raid 0 array.
Please also note that I did research on google before coming on here.
Ok so i just bought a z87-deluxe Dual and trying to set 4 x 4tb drive in a raid 0
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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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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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