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    how to unraid SSD - need help!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sjefferson, Sep 20, 2012.

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    sjefferson Notebook Consultant

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    i have two Crucial M4 256GB SSDs. I briefly used them in RAID0 in Alienware notebook which I NO LONGER own.

    I didn't think much when I removed those SSDs from the Alienware. That was two months ago.

    Now, I put one of them inside my new laptop(Thinkpad E430) and I ran into a problem.

    When I tried to clean-install with Windows 7 CD, the installation won't even see the SSD - it says no drive found or something to that effect.

    I also tried to install using the recovery factory backup from the original hard disk partition. When I did that, it sees the SSD somewhat - but it sees the SSD as "484GB Drive" rather than 256GB that it is. Needless to say, I can at least get the recovery process started but about 20 seconds into the recovery process, I get a error message and the process stops.

    I googled a bit and it looks like I should have "unRAID" my SSDs before I remove them physically from the laptop. But I no longer own the Alienware from which the original RAID was built.

    I also tried DISKPART and CLEAN command and "manage" menu under computer in windows 7 but neither works.

    Can anyone help? thanks!
     
    sjefferson, Sep 20, 2012
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