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    HELP! HDD not being recognized in Win7

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Misdemeanor, May 10, 2010.

  1. Misdemeanor

    Misdemeanor Notebook Consultant

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    So I just upgraded to a 120GB OCZ SSD on my M17x R2 and I have a 500GB as the secondary drive. Before I had the SSD the system was RAID 0 (1TB, 500x2 drives).
    The problem I'm having now is that Windows 7 won't recognize the secondary drive as a partition and it's saying that the drive is 1TB when it's really 500GB. I also booted my Acronis disk and reformatted the drive as NTFS and it recognizes it there as a perfectly healthy drive.

    Please help! :mad:
     
    Misdemeanor, May 10, 2010
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  2. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Well since you split your RAID 0 your going to need to change the BIOS from RAIN 0 to AHCI and than reinstall Win 7 onto the SSD. You may also want to reformat your secondary 500GB HDD since none of the info on it will do you any good.
     
    DR650SE, May 10, 2010
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    lordqarlyn Global Biz Consultant

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    Haha, yep, DR650SE, I was gonna tell him the exact same thing!
     
    lordqarlyn, May 10, 2010
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  4. Misdemeanor

    Misdemeanor Notebook Consultant

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    Must've been what I forgot to do..

    I will try that... :(

    I'll let you know how it goes...
     
    Misdemeanor, May 10, 2010
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    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Hope you backed up everything you needed in your RIAD array.
     
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  6. Misdemeanor

    Misdemeanor Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah I did.

    Thank you for your help! It works great!
     
    Misdemeanor, May 10, 2010
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