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Drive missing from Optimize Drives since upgrade to Windows 10 1803

Since upgrading Windows 10 (Pro) to version 1803, one of my drives is missing from the Optimize Drives list. The drive in question is, my D:-drive, a software-defined RAID-0 (striped) over two disks. ...
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How to recreate hardware mirror RAID with bigger drives?

I had a RAID 1 mirrored array composed of 2 x 500GB HDDs connected to my Gigabyte Z590 motherboard. I was running out of space, so I cloned one of the drives with Clonezilla to a 1TB drive. On that ...
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Windows freezes when accessing optical drive when SATA mode is set to RAID

I have a Asus X570-E motherboard with a couple drives connected in raid on the SATA bus. I've set the SATA mode from AHCI to RAID, and configured the raid successfully. However, today when I ...
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After Updating Intel Rapid Storage Technology Software, Windows 10 won't boot

After updating my Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) software, My windows 10 desktop computer won't boot. I'm using IRST to manage my RAID 1. I can't access Safe Mode to undo the IRST software ...
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Windows 10 home server RAID errors

First of all apologies in advance, I am still learning about the different ways to setup a home server. Any help is greatly appreciated! I recently converted an old PC I had into a home media server....
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Easiest/best way to backup/restore RAID 5 array?

I've tried the built in Windows 10 backup and restore with no success. I've also tried EaseUS Todo Backup and Aomei Backupper with no success. I'm guessing this is because the backup is written fine, ...
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Boot from old hard drive

The motherboard of my old computer died suddenly and so I bought a new computer. It has two 1TB HDDs on RAID 0 and comes preinstalled with Windows 10 Home. I wanted my computer to boot from my old ...
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Host system dead. How do I read data stored on a RAID 1 drive/pair?

I have looked for similar questions and I probably don't know the proper phrases to find an equivalent question if it exists here on SU. I have seen a couple questions from 6-plus years back that ...
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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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Can't change SATA mode from RAID to AHCI in Windows 10

I am trying to install Ubuntu in dual boot with Windows 10, but after many failed attempts I realized that I have to change SATA mode to AHCI. I have tried literally everything I have read online, ...
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PCIE SSD Raid0 not bootable but everything is OK on it

I have a MSI GT72S 6QE laptop where the OS (Windows 10) is installed on a PCIE RAID0 SSD (I know, Raid0 sucks, I won't make that mistake again when buying a laptop). On of the two SSD's in the RAID ...
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RAID 1 Drives Failed status after Windows 10 rebuild (Intel to AMD)

About a year ago, I setup a RAID 1 - two drives mirroring each other on my PC running Intel CPU and Windows 10. I configured it in Disk Management. A few days ago, I rebuilt it with an AMD Ryzen 5 ...
Ciaran Martin's user avatar
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Can I use three SSDs in RAID 5 with an operating system install on one of them?

I have three identical 500GB M.2 SSD's installed on my motherboard, and want to run them all in a RAID 5 array, where I would have ~1TB usable storage. I currently have Windows 10 installed and ...
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Recover unallocated partition (Windows Storage Space/Pool)

I have 4 3TB drives in raid-5 via Storage Spaces in Windows 10. In mid-copy of file the system froze/rebooted and the drive is now listed as "Unallocated". I had concerns using the Storage Spaces ...
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RAID0 removed and recreated. Can I get my already installed windows back?

I got my MSI GT72S today. It has 256GB SSD from Toshiba with 1TB standard harddrive. The 256GB SSD is physically 2 hard drives each of size 128GB. Both the drives were joined through RAID0. The OS (...
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