raid noob one drive.


  1. cookiebun
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    raid noob one drive.


    Hi. It's been a while since I had to do a clean install of Windows. I have an old Dell Windows 7 machine with a failed hard drive. I'm going to pick up an sata 3 HD for it. When I reinstall Windows am I going to have to do anything in the bios or during the set up concerning Raid since I'm only using a single drive?
    I've seen single drive machines that are somehow "raid 0" . The last time I installed windows I had to install sata drivers and raid was in its infancy.
    Thanks for any help.
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  3. ThrashZone
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    Hi,
    I've never seen a single drive/ disk needing to be on a raid anything
    That is usually for 2 or more disks
    One being very small say 120gb or less for the operating system and a large disk for programs and personal files....
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  4. cookiebun
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    So I can plug the sata drive in and the Windows installer won't stop and tell me I need to install drivers blah blah blah?
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  6. ThrashZone
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    Hi,
    I would go into your bios and use Optimize defaults and save and exit first that might get rid of any raid configuration setup
    Then just follow this
    Clean Install Windows 7


    Except for when it comes to updating there have been some hoops to jump through lately one being doing the entire install without an internet connection



    Reinstalled twice, but Windows still won't update
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  7. cookiebun
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    Thanks very much for the replies Thrash. :)
    Edit: I'm not ready to call this solved just yet. Lets see how the set up goes.
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  8. ThrashZone
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    Hi,
    No problem look forward to a update = no pun intended
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  10. alphaniner
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    SATA controllers generally have several modes: Legacy*, AHCI, & RAID. Legacy mode is the default for older boards. Ideally though you want to use AHCI mode, which exposes features that aren't available in Legacy mode: NCQ, hot-plug, and - most importantly in this case - TRIM support for SSDs. Unfortunately, AHCI mode may require integrating drivers. If you can't do that, you have no choice but to use Legacy mode.

    * May also be Compatible/IDE/etc.
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