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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 ...
