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    Alienware Hard Drive PROBLEM!!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Darthmaniac, Dec 31, 2009.

  1. Darthmaniac

    Darthmaniac Notebook Consultant

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    Hey everyone,

    I bought my M17x with a 500GB Hard Drive however on my computer it only shows one Drive ,OS C: with only 219GB of free space?????? :mad: Whats going on?????????

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    Darthmaniac
     
    Darthmaniac, Dec 31, 2009
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  2. EviLCorsaiR

    EviLCorsaiR Asura

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    Did you get a single 500GB hard drive or two 250GB hard drives in a RAID configuration? If there are two 250GB hard drives in RAID 1 then that's right-it puts the same data on each drive as a backup just in case one fails.
     
    EviLCorsaiR, Dec 31, 2009
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  3. hazardic

    hazardic Notebook Consultant

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    hey, i had this problem but solved it. take a look here http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=420868
    the problem may be similar to my
     
    hazardic, Dec 31, 2009
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  4. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Also check your device manager and see under diskdrives what exactly is in your laptop. If it's two 250GB HDD's then your running in RAID 1.
     
    DR650SE, Dec 31, 2009
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  5. Darthmaniac

    Darthmaniac Notebook Consultant

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    How do I check if I have raid 1??? Sorry but I really dont know all the specs as I got the laptop as a gift

    Regards,
    Darthmaniac
     
    Darthmaniac, Dec 31, 2009
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  6. hazardic

    hazardic Notebook Consultant

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    go to raid setup during laptop boot - one of the F keys. u'll enter to raid setup and u'll see how many drives you have. maybe you have only one 320gb drive..
     
    hazardic, Dec 31, 2009
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  7. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    What does your device manager say under disk drives?
     
    DR650SE, Dec 31, 2009
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  8. Darthmaniac

    Darthmaniac Notebook Consultant

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    OK thanks I'm trying that out...............................................


    I've got another question, do the touch buttons on the laptop actually work???
    The problem just started a few minutes ago, the command center and stealth mode touch buttons do not seem to be responding :mad: any solution to this???
     
    Darthmaniac, Dec 31, 2009
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  9. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Try Restarting, Check system processes in task manger and see if all the alien stuff is running. Maybe restall that stuff, but they do actually work. Sometimes they are slow to respond, but they should work
     
    DR650SE, Dec 31, 2009
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  10. Achilleus

    Achilleus Notebook Evangelist

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    I only show one drive when I do a non-raid ahci install of win 7. I'm forced to do raid 0 to see both drives. Not sure why. It came with raid 0, but I did a clean install of ultimate.
     
    Achilleus, Dec 31, 2009
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  11. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Just flip the laptop over, unplug it, remove the battery and the two screws holding the plat/panel with the nameplate, adn pull out the hard drives and see whats there. There will be a label on them. Each HDD I think is 4 screws. Plug and Play. They should be sitting in black caddies with an interposer pluged onto the end that connects them to the M17X. That is the easiest way to find out what all is in your laptop. 5 min. maybe.
     
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