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    Area 51 m17x R1 missing Intel Matrix option

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by agustin, Jul 15, 2012.

  1. agustin

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    Hello Everyone,

    I purchased an Area 51 M17x R1 laptop that came with Vista 32 bit pre-installed by the previous owner. My plan is to install Windows 7 Pro (64 bit) on one drive (SSD drive) and use the second bay for the old drive (to use for storage).

    My problem is that I don't see or maybe it flashes by too fast, the Intel Matrix option to edit the RAID config settings. If I go into the BIOS and I do see the settings to enable and disable the RAID. I have tried disabling and enabling the RAID option in BIOS thinking that perhaps it was presented during boot up based on the BIOS settings but so far no luck. Can anyone offer up any suggestions or assistance.

    When I try to install Windows 7 I get as far being presented the option to install Windows on the drive I want but when I choose it I am told that I cant install the OS on the selected drive.
     
    agustin, Jul 15, 2012
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