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    2 x HDD raid0 - upgrade to SSD + HDD problems

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by jiggymf, Jan 27, 2013.

  1. jiggymf

    jiggymf Notebook Evangelist

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    Allright.

    I used to have a raid0 setup with 2 hard drives.
    I replaced the first hard drive with an SSD, thus also not using raid0 anymore.

    The problem i have is that something doesn't work as it should.
    With the SSD alone, the system is like a NASA pc, it's blazingly fast.
    As soon as i plug in the hdd in slot1, the system slows and the ssd isn't fast anymore.

    Disk management also tends to either not see the HDD, takes long to initialise (also gives initialise error), and when it shows the hdd, it shows the raid0 size it used to have (twice as big as it is). The bios does corretly see the SSD and the loose HDD.

    Anyone?
     
    jiggymf, Jan 27, 2013
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    steviejones133 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Silly question maybe, but have you deleted the raid array (CTRL&I at boot) ??
     
    steviejones133, Jan 27, 2013
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  3. jiggymf

    jiggymf Notebook Evangelist

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    doh...
    You just made my day :)
     
    jiggymf, Jan 27, 2013
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    steviejones133 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I take it that's sorted it out, huh? ;)
     
    steviejones133, Jan 27, 2013
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    jiggymf Notebook Evangelist

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    jep, spot on. Repped and a big thanks :)
     
    jiggymf, Jan 27, 2013
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    No probs. Thanks for the rep. Glad it worked! :D
     
    steviejones133, Jan 27, 2013
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