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    Dell XPS m2010 hard drive failure

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bleach29461, Jan 24, 2012.

  1. bleach29461

    bleach29461 Newbie

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    Hi, a family member of mine that owns an XPS m2010 laptop has recently suffered a hard drive crash. I was wondering about replacing the hard drive, but since the m2010 has two RAID-configured hard drives, I'm not sure if I should replace the primary, secondary, or both hard drives. I'm also not sure if I could merely replace them with a single new hard drive. Any help would be most welcome, thanks.
     
    bleach29461, Jan 24, 2012
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Try check in the RAID configuration for which drive has failed.
    For example:
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    You might only have to remove a single drive and then they can use the laptop with half the amount of hard disk space that they had before.
     
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    bleach29461 Newbie

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    Port 0 is primary and port 1 is secondary, right?
     
    bleach29461, Jan 24, 2012
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