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    Check my RAID config

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Mooneyd, Nov 24, 2011.

  1. Mooneyd

    Mooneyd Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all,

    I know this has been asked before but I cant find the thread.

    How can I check what RAID config my machine is currently running in? I remember (vaguely) that I can access this information somewhere in the BIOS.

    Cheers :D
     
    Mooneyd, Nov 24, 2011
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    Mooneyd Notebook Consultant

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    BUMP

    Answer gets REP........ sweet beautiful REP
     
    Mooneyd, Nov 24, 2011
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    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    you only have a single Harddrive(according to your sig), I don't think you can run raid at all. You need two identical HD's to run RAID effectively :)

    Edit: Nvm Missed the RAID 0 there ;) umm what are you looking at doing? shutting it off?
     
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    I've just done a reformat of the entire system and I can vaguely remember having to reconfigure the disks as the were in RAID 1 config when I got the system from Dell. I just wanna be sure that before I install all my programs again it hasn't reverted back to RAID 1.
     
    Mooneyd, Nov 25, 2011
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