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    Installing OS in RAID 0

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Dellienware, Sep 19, 2011.

  1. Dellienware

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    I am about to do clean install of the OS with RAID 0 when my HDDs arrive tomorrow.

    Do I just set in the bios to RAID mode from AHCI and then the laptop would give me option to set RAID 0 or 1?? What setting do I essentially need to go through to make it in RAID 0 besides the bios setting?

    Thank you in advance!
     
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    Insert HDDs, set bios to RAID, reboot, hit CTRL-I at screen (have bios screen option thing below raid set to ENABLED. From there you can choose the disks to raid, stripe size and RAID 0 or RAID 1. Once thats done you can turn off the RAID screen to speed boot by a few sec, and proceed with the instal.
     
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    I will try this when my two HDDs arrive tomorrow. Thanks for the help!
     
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