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    AW13 r2 storage and system image

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by pathfindercod, Feb 21, 2016.

  1. pathfindercod

    pathfindercod Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have a new 13 here with a i7-6500u. It came with a sm951 nvme ssd. I noticed in the bios it is set to raid. So does this little guy support dual nvme drives in raid?

    Also I noticed alienspawn is not part of the factory load on this machine (Windows 10). What is alienware wanting everyone to do to creat factory restore images of the machine? I used the USB Windows recovery thing built into Windows 10. Dos that make a image of the whole machine with all the Alienware/dell software that's installed as well or just a basic Windows reload? Does alienspawn work with the r2 and Windows 10?

    Thanks
     
    pathfindercod, Feb 21, 2016
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    We decided not to include that on Windows 10 machines because it has a very similar feature built-in. If you wish to use a DELL tool you can use DELL Backup and Recovery instead. The Windows tool creates an image of whatever is installed on your PC when you create it. You should be fine with that image for recovery.

    On this new line, RAID is enabled and should be able to handle a RAID 0 between the two PCIe SATA lanes.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Feb 25, 2016
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    Thank you for the response. So I should be able to RAID two NVME drives? It came with a sm951 nvme drive.

    Thanks for your support.

     
    pathfindercod, Feb 25, 2016
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