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    Reformat of existing RAID 0 system

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

  1. bazookaman

    bazookaman Newbie

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    Hello everyone. I apologize in advance for the noob question.

    About a year ago I purchased an M17xR2 with a RAID 0 configuration. I'm needing to do a clean install of Win 7 for several reasons. Do I need to delete the existing RAID volume and then re-create it prior to staring the Windows installation process? Or can I simply boot from the Windows disk that came with my system and initiate a clean install? If I do the later, will it still be in a RAID 0 configuration?

    Many thanks in advance for any help on this!
     
    bazookaman, Sep 29, 2011
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    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    you should not have to mess around in the bios as RAID 0 is already configured. Just boot from DVD, install, enjoy :)
     
    SlickDude80, Sep 29, 2011
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    Many thanks for the speedy reply! I guess I know now what I'm doing this evening! :)
     
    bazookaman, Sep 29, 2011
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