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    C300 ssd in R3 help

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by dereke08, Mar 9, 2011.

  1. dereke08

    dereke08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok I got my r3 in and i have the c300 in 2nd bay. I want to use it as my 2nd HDD. When i change the sata from raid to ata or ahci it goes to windows loading and BSOD back to post. What did i do wrong?

    Also i was able to turn on and use when it was still set to raid, and device manager says its there just no way to access it. In Disk Management i see the SSD but its unallocated and wont let me change it at all.

    I think it might have something to do with Raid setting in BIOS but i dont know enough about BIOS to fix it.
     
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    Irrational23 Notebook Consultant

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    Look at my thread about SSD
     
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    If windows was installed with controller set to raid, it will need to be set to raid in order to boot properly (unless you change the controller in windows via regedit).

    Why would you use an SSD as a slave drive?

    EDIT: as for why you can't access it while in RAID, it's because the drive is not set up in the array. Dell really needs to stop shipping r3s with 1 drive in RAID.
     
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  4. dereke08

    dereke08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Slave drive because I am afraid of reinstalling windows because gotta be hard to get everything like getting all drivers and Alienware feel back. But i dont know never done it how bad is it?
     
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  5. kunekaden

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    Really easy. Batboy made a guide which is linked in r3 owner's lounge.
     
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    dereke08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok here is a twist i am at work "Fire dept" and i dont have dvd's or flash drive for respwan should i go without lol i know its not advised but
     
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    i'd just use the windows7 dvd that came with the laptop as your current image was made on a HDD.

    You'll also need the drivers dvd, or have downloaded them to somewhere that won't get erased from support.dell.com
     
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    ok should i move my SSD to 1st bay and my other HDD in bay 2 or juts leave SSD in bay 2 or will that work
     
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    Only use the resource disc as a last resort (as in no net connection). Drivers are never removed from support.dell.com. Always grab the current driver from dell if possible. :)
     
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    So can I leave the SSD I am going to be booting off of in the 2nd hdd bay or do I need to move it to 1st bay
     
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    Ok i got the SSD in and installed windows all is good but noticed my Sata 3 ssd is reading as a Sata 2 is there something in bios i need to do to change it or what
     
    dereke08, Mar 10, 2011
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