Does my HP pavillion DVt7 (costumized) support RAID?

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achklex3xx

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• Nov 22, 2011

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This issue has been bothering me for quite some time.. i cant seem to find out whether my laptop supports RAID.. my laptop

dv7t Quad Ed
• Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
• System Recovery DVD with Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
• 2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2820QM (2.3 GHz, 8MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.4 GHz
• 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 6570 GDDR5 graphics [HDMI, VGA]
• 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 2TB 5400RPM Dual Hard Drive (1TB x 2) with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
• Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)

Thanks!
-Alex

 

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• Nov 22, 2011

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According to this thread, there is no RAID for that laptop: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-systems-and/Pavillion-dv7-RAID/td-p/201754

 

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• Nov 22, 2011

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hmm.. I did some more research and i realized HP does not support Hardware RAID but it has a built in software Raid. Unfortunately, because of my lack of knowledge on setting up RAID.. im hopeless in either case.. Maybe if someone has time they can step me through setup.

Thanks otherwise

 

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windows 7 ultimate 64ATI mobility radion hd 6570

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hp dvt7

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• Nov 23, 2011

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Why do you want to use RAID? What do you hope to gain over doing image backups?

 

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Windows 10 Pro X64Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHzIntel Integrated HD Graphics

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Lenovo IdeaCenter 450

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Windows 10 Pro X64

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Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz

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16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz

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Intel Integrated HD Graphics

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Realtek HD Audio

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HP 22" LCD

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1680 x 1050

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250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD
2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2
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• Nov 24, 2011

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i was hoping i could increase disk performance.

 

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• Nov 25, 2011

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Unlikely to make any difference from what I've read in various places, including some posts here. You would get a significant, noticeable performance increase by moving to 7200RPM drives od even 10,000RPM if they are available for laptops.

 

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Windows 10 Pro X64Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHzIntel Integrated HD Graphics

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PC/Desktop

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number

Lenovo IdeaCenter 450

OS

Windows 10 Pro X64

CPU

Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz

Memory

16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz

Graphics Card(s)

Intel Integrated HD Graphics

Sound Card

Realtek HD Audio

Monitor(s) Displays

HP 22" LCD

Screen Resolution

1680 x 1050

Hard Drives

250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD
2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2
1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA

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Dell USB

Mouse

Lenovo USB

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Cable via Road Runner 3MB Upload, 30MB Download

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Windows Defender, MBAM Pro, MBAE

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deihmos

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• Dec 26, 2011

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The amount of incorrect info I read on this forum is high. Raid 0 specifically will double your read and write of a single hard drive or SSD . Unfortunately Windows 7 does not support this for the boot drive while Mac os and linux does. So you cannot use raid 0 on the laptop since it does not have hardware raid. Also known a gain raid. The option would be in the bios.

 

Last edited: Dec 27, 2011

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