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    M1730 RAID setup Windows 7

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Eambo, Jun 15, 2009.

  1. Eambo

    Eambo Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi everyone. Not sure how exactly to get RAID setup - I've never set it up myself. Could anyone explain how to set up your computer in RAID in Vista/7? Thankee :)
     
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    You set it up normally, from the boot menu that appears before OS load up. Then you install Vista/7 normally. When you finish the OS installing, then install Intel Storage Manager driver.
     
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  3. Eambo

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    Hehe, it's the 'normally' part I'm having issues with. I've never installed RAID0.

    Basically what I done was enable RAID in the BIOS. Install Windows 7 normally. It's still showing up as two seperate hard drives. I install the Intel Storage Manager driver, and it should work as RAID?
     
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    Once you enable RAID in the BIOS, you need to hit CTRL-I when prompted in the RAID menu upon boot, here you can configure RAID 0/1 stripe size, etc... You do this before you install any OS. You won't see this menu at boot until you enable RAID in the BIOS. I just did this with W7 last week with no issues. Once you get it built you can then update the RAID drivers to the latest release.
     
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    I found out just before you posted this heh. Reinstalling Windows now, Created my RAID0 stripe. Thanks for the help everyone =-)
     
    Eambo, Jun 15, 2009
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