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    DV7TQE Raid 0 Help please?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Ghostey, Jun 14, 2012.

  1. Ghostey

    Ghostey Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys I'm new to this forum... I got a DV7TQE with the following specs a few months ago and just put the second Hardrive caddy cable on order... Once it comes in I plan to put two identicle hardrives in my laptop and configure them in Raid 0. What I dont know is if this computer has the software needed in the Bios to set two hardrives in RAID in the first place...

    I would appreciate if someone could get me this info and let me know how to

    1) Tell me if this laptop is cappable of RAID 0
    2) Tell me if I can make a bit by bit copy of the current OS and recopy it onto a a newly set RAID 0 Array
    3) Walk me through the setup or post the link to a guide doing this on a LAPTOP, I know they exist for desktops, but im on a DV7TQE


    Here are my laptops specs:

    Operating System
    MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 2720QM @ 2.20GHz 57 °C
    Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
    RAM
    8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
    Motherboard
    Hewlett-Packard 1803 (CPU1) 59 °C
    Graphics
    Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)
    Radeon (TM) HD 6770M (HP) 57 °C
    Hard Drives
    733GB Seagate ST9750420AS (SATA) 36 °C
    Optical Drives
    ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device
    hp BD ROM BC-5550H
    Audio
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
     
    Ghostey, Jun 14, 2012
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  2. nader_rizk2003

    nader_rizk2003 Notebook Evangelist

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    hi,can i ask how much did you pay for the caddy and the cable?
     
    nader_rizk2003, Jun 15, 2012
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  3. Ghostey

    Ghostey Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yea sure, no problem, here is the email sent to me on order conformation

    Products
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    1 x 2nd HDD Cable kit for HP dv7t-6000, dv7-6000 series,dv7qte
    (HP-dv7t-6000) = $28.95
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    Sub-Total: $28.95
    United States Postal Service (Priority Mail (2 - 3 days)): $6.85
    Discount Coupon: FB072808 : -$1.45
    Total: $34.35
     
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  4. Ghostey

    Ghostey Notebook Enthusiast

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    So it would be around $35 for the cable,

    THe caddy is included in the computer though... If you pop open the plastic cover you will see two caddies, the primary one has the current hardrive in it and unscrewing the second caddy will show that it is empty, all you do is screw in your harddrive and plug one end of the cable to your hardrive, the other end to the motherboard

    ... Sadly RAID 0 doesn't seem that easy...
     
    Ghostey, Jun 15, 2012
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