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    M17x r3 raid/sata/ahci option, system recovery problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by bbs1234, Sep 29, 2011.

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    bbs1234 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi! I just received my laptop with 2x 750gb, it was set up in raid 0 when it arrived.
    I do not want raid, I just want one for system and one for storage. I have already used Ctrl I and make both hard drive non raid.

    So in the bios, do I need to change raid to other option, or just leave it alone.

    When I use USB 16gb sandisk cruzer blade to create system recovery media, it took a long time to complete.

    And it also took almost 2 hour to complete recovery for the laptop. After system recovered, something known as emergency folder backup started. Any idea what is that?

    But I hear someone saying they took only 20 mins to restore windows. Am I doing something wrong. I only make change to dvd drive to e: and data drive to d: . Will this create conflict in the system?

    Just now I tried to use dvd to create another set of system recovery media, it took about 40mins for 3 disc, is that normal?

    Thank you.
     
    bbs1234, Sep 29, 2011
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