Intel Rapid Storage Technology boot slowing

Hikeman · 16 Jul 2011

Hey guys! I am new in this forum so I hope I am in a right section to ask this question, if no pleas redirect me :)
So I have Intel Rapid Storage Technology installed on my Sony VAIO, as I understand it's keeping eye on my heard drive and kind of preventing from damages, (this is what I suppose). Some time ago I installed newer version of Intel Rapid Storage Technology and as always it's booting with the rest of the programs I want them to be booted, but this new version is really slowing down the boot, so I am thinking to remove it from start-up and my question is: is this program really doing what I think it's doing and also, will it be safe to remove it from start-up???
Thank you very much :)

MvdB · 16 Jul 2011

The drivers are essential for your disk to function. However, you are probably not talking about the drivers but about the additional software with a graphical user interface that is used to set up RAID Settings etc. That you do not need to run all the time. If I'm not mistaken, once your HDD works well, you do not have to have the gui in your startup programs. You should even be able to deinstall the gui if you want.

essenbe · 16 Jul 2011

As far as I know, that is Intel's raid storage system, but also includes the IaStor driver. If you are not using raid but want the driver, You can install it and disable it in services.msc. By doing that you will get the iastor driver but not have the IRST running.

Hikeman · 17 Jul 2011

Thanks guys!!! I just disable it from start up, and that's it, my computer is booting way batter now without Intel Rapid Storage Technology software. Thanks fro your hints :)

essenbe · 17 Jul 2011

I'm glad everything worked out for you.

MvdB · 17 Jul 2011

happy you're ok now!

Can you please mark the thread as solved? Thx!