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    Format old Raid drives Seagate 750gb

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by murphey1965, Mar 3, 2017.

  1. murphey1965

    murphey1965 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Brothers, I have 2 Seagate sata hd 750gb which used to be in my alienware 18 R2 setup up as raid 0 I think on win 7 then , I want to use them as bk up drives but when I put both drives in my alienware 17 r5 they are detected but won't boot , also I'm using a 980m now on win 8.1 , if I put them in separately windows detects each drive a 1.4 tb so can not format them or initialize them so cannot format them bk to there original 750 gb, is there anyway I can do this I don't have the other system now and the 17 in bios is set up as Raid in the bios , any help would be appreciated other wise seems a waste of two good drives
     
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    murphey1965 Notebook Consultant

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    So no one can help me regarding these 2 hd drives.
     
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    You can probably wipe them with a Linux boot CD. I am sure there is more elegant method but this will work.
     
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    Unfortunately I don't have a copy, could I if I can get a copy do it from a usb will see if I can get , was hoping there is program I could use and do one at a time and when I put the drives in my system would it be as legacy or as it is .
     
    murphey1965, Mar 4, 2017
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