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Hi there,

I am sure that this question has come up a lot but I am struggling to tell whether my laptop does or doesn't support RAID 0. I have a Packard Bell Easynote LJ71 with two wd blue scorpio 500GB hard drives. I don't think it does but am not sure, please could someone help me???

Any help would be much appreciated.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Packard Bell
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
AMD Turion(tm) Dual-Core Mobile M500
Motherboard
Packard Bell EasyNote LJ71
Memory
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
Sound Card
ATI High Definition Audio Device (Integrated)
Monitor(s) Displays
1st: Built in 17.3" 16:9 2nd: Philips 17.1" 4:3
Screen Resolution
1st: 1600x900 2nd: 1280x1024
Hard Drives
2x WD blue scorpio 500GB
PSU
Laptop battery/power brick
Case
Laptop
Cooling
Custom built cooling stand
Keyboard
Integrated
Mouse
Touchpad & logitek wireless mouse M205
Internet Speed
0.2mb/s download
Other Info
Wireless adapter:
Atheros AR5B39 Wireless Network Adapter
Why are you considering RAID?

Just trying to understand the reason for the question.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
For a performance boost and so that I don't have to separate files between hard drives. Mainly for the performance boost.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Packard Bell
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
AMD Turion(tm) Dual-Core Mobile M500
Motherboard
Packard Bell EasyNote LJ71
Memory
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
Sound Card
ATI High Definition Audio Device (Integrated)
Monitor(s) Displays
1st: Built in 17.3" 16:9 2nd: Philips 17.1" 4:3
Screen Resolution
1st: 1600x900 2nd: 1280x1024
Hard Drives
2x WD blue scorpio 500GB
PSU
Laptop battery/power brick
Case
Laptop
Cooling
Custom built cooling stand
Keyboard
Integrated
Mouse
Touchpad & logitek wireless mouse M205
Internet Speed
0.2mb/s download
Other Info
Wireless adapter:
Atheros AR5B39 Wireless Network Adapter
The performance boost from RAID0 (not that there is much of a boost to begin with) isn't worth the risk of losing one of the drives in the array for whatever reason, as if one drive fails you will lose everything.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Me
OS
Win 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
FX-8350 @ 4.6 GHz so far
Motherboard
Asus M5A97 EVO
Memory
ADATA XPG V1 Series Black 8GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire R9 270x Dual-X
Sound Card
Xonar DGX w/ Corsair Vengence 1300
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer S232HL Abid
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
500 GB Seagate 7200.12
PSU
Antec Earthwatts 650W Green
Case
Antec Three Hundred
Cooling
Cooler Master 212 EVO
Keyboard
Logitech G510
Mouse
Logitech G500s
Internet Speed
35000/3000
I have a really decent backup system that backs up everything once a week, in a week what I could potentially lose is not bad, anything important gets backed up immediately.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Packard Bell
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
AMD Turion(tm) Dual-Core Mobile M500
Motherboard
Packard Bell EasyNote LJ71
Memory
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
Sound Card
ATI High Definition Audio Device (Integrated)
Monitor(s) Displays
1st: Built in 17.3" 16:9 2nd: Philips 17.1" 4:3
Screen Resolution
1st: 1600x900 2nd: 1280x1024
Hard Drives
2x WD blue scorpio 500GB
PSU
Laptop battery/power brick
Case
Laptop
Cooling
Custom built cooling stand
Keyboard
Integrated
Mouse
Touchpad & logitek wireless mouse M205
Internet Speed
0.2mb/s download
Other Info
Wireless adapter:
Atheros AR5B39 Wireless Network Adapter
Any help???
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Packard Bell
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
AMD Turion(tm) Dual-Core Mobile M500
Motherboard
Packard Bell EasyNote LJ71
Memory
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
Sound Card
ATI High Definition Audio Device (Integrated)
Monitor(s) Displays
1st: Built in 17.3" 16:9 2nd: Philips 17.1" 4:3
Screen Resolution
1st: 1600x900 2nd: 1280x1024
Hard Drives
2x WD blue scorpio 500GB
PSU
Laptop battery/power brick
Case
Laptop
Cooling
Custom built cooling stand
Keyboard
Integrated
Mouse
Touchpad & logitek wireless mouse M205
Internet Speed
0.2mb/s download
Other Info
Wireless adapter:
Atheros AR5B39 Wireless Network Adapter
Have you tried contacting Packard Bell and asking them? From what I can see looking at what drivers are available for it on the PB download page for that model, I would guess no.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Me
OS
Win 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
FX-8350 @ 4.6 GHz so far
Motherboard
Asus M5A97 EVO
Memory
ADATA XPG V1 Series Black 8GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire R9 270x Dual-X
Sound Card
Xonar DGX w/ Corsair Vengence 1300
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer S232HL Abid
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
500 GB Seagate 7200.12
PSU
Antec Earthwatts 650W Green
Case
Antec Three Hundred
Cooling
Cooler Master 212 EVO
Keyboard
Logitech G510
Mouse
Logitech G500s
Internet Speed
35000/3000
stormy13 said:
The performance boost from RAID0 (not that there is much of a boost to begin with) isn't worth the risk of losing one of the drives in the array for whatever reason, as if one drive fails you will lose everything.
Click to expand...

If one drive fails in non-raid you will loose everything too. The probability you will loose a drive is N times as much with raid 0 on N drives vs. a single drive. However you have N times the storage and not quite N times performance. Your decision depends on whether the data on the raid is replaceable and what risk you are willing to take if not.

I very much doubt a Packard Bell BIOS would support RAID.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 4
OS
Windows 10 Pro. EFI boot partition, full EFI boot
CPU
i7 4770k 4.4GHz (44-44-43-43 turbo) @ 1.248V
Motherboard
ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Memory
16GB (8GBx2) @2200 MHz G.skill Sniper 10-11-10-30-1, 1.6V
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Sound Card
Onboard SupremeFX Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1200
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB (OS), Samsung 2x 128GB 840 Pro SSD in RAID0, 3x WD Blue 6Gb/s 1TB RAID0, WD 2TB Black external USB 3.0, 2TB WD20EARS Green external USB 3.0, 2x 500GB Seagate and 1 750 GB external USB, 1x 350GB external USB3
PSU
Seasonic X-850 (2012 KM3 model)
Case
Fractal Design Define R4
Cooling
NH-D14, NF-F12, NF-A15; NF-P14, NF-P12,NF-A14, S12A PWM
Keyboard
Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid - Brown
Mouse
Logitech G602
Internet Speed
126.4 Mb/s down, 24.3 Mb/s up
Other Info
USB 3.0 x8 , SATA III x8, eSATA, USB 2.0 x6. Samsung DVD R/W drive.

WEI: CPU 7.8, Memory 7.9, Graphics 7.9, Disk 7.9
I don't think it does support it but was just eondering, will try and contact them any way to be certain!!!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Packard Bell
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
AMD Turion(tm) Dual-Core Mobile M500
Motherboard
Packard Bell EasyNote LJ71
Memory
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
Sound Card
ATI High Definition Audio Device (Integrated)
Monitor(s) Displays
1st: Built in 17.3" 16:9 2nd: Philips 17.1" 4:3
Screen Resolution
1st: 1600x900 2nd: 1280x1024
Hard Drives
2x WD blue scorpio 500GB
PSU
Laptop battery/power brick
Case
Laptop
Cooling
Custom built cooling stand
Keyboard
Integrated
Mouse
Touchpad & logitek wireless mouse M205
Internet Speed
0.2mb/s download
Other Info
Wireless adapter:
Atheros AR5B39 Wireless Network Adapter
Music Guy123 said:
I don't think it does support it but was just eondering, will try and contact them any way to be certain!!!
Click to expand...

Your system documentation or booting to the BIOS and looking if their is any RAID setup.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 4
OS
Windows 10 Pro. EFI boot partition, full EFI boot
CPU
i7 4770k 4.4GHz (44-44-43-43 turbo) @ 1.248V
Motherboard
ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Memory
16GB (8GBx2) @2200 MHz G.skill Sniper 10-11-10-30-1, 1.6V
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Sound Card
Onboard SupremeFX Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1200
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB (OS), Samsung 2x 128GB 840 Pro SSD in RAID0, 3x WD Blue 6Gb/s 1TB RAID0, WD 2TB Black external USB 3.0, 2TB WD20EARS Green external USB 3.0, 2x 500GB Seagate and 1 750 GB external USB, 1x 350GB external USB3
PSU
Seasonic X-850 (2012 KM3 model)
Case
Fractal Design Define R4
Cooling
NH-D14, NF-F12, NF-A15; NF-P14, NF-P12,NF-A14, S12A PWM
Keyboard
Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid - Brown
Mouse
Logitech G602
Internet Speed
126.4 Mb/s down, 24.3 Mb/s up
Other Info
USB 3.0 x8 , SATA III x8, eSATA, USB 2.0 x6. Samsung DVD R/W drive.

WEI: CPU 7.8, Memory 7.9, Graphics 7.9, Disk 7.9
I couldn't find anything in the BIOS so, won't bother!!! Will buy an SSd instead!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Packard Bell
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
AMD Turion(tm) Dual-Core Mobile M500
Motherboard
Packard Bell EasyNote LJ71
Memory
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
AMD M880G with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200
Sound Card
ATI High Definition Audio Device (Integrated)
Monitor(s) Displays
1st: Built in 17.3" 16:9 2nd: Philips 17.1" 4:3
Screen Resolution
1st: 1600x900 2nd: 1280x1024
Hard Drives
2x WD blue scorpio 500GB
PSU
Laptop battery/power brick
Case
Laptop
Cooling
Custom built cooling stand
Keyboard
Integrated
Mouse
Touchpad & logitek wireless mouse M205
Internet Speed
0.2mb/s download
Other Info
Wireless adapter:
Atheros AR5B39 Wireless Network Adapter
It will benefit you more in any case.
Good luck
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 4
OS
Windows 10 Pro. EFI boot partition, full EFI boot
CPU
i7 4770k 4.4GHz (44-44-43-43 turbo) @ 1.248V
Motherboard
ASUS Maximus VI Hero
Memory
16GB (8GBx2) @2200 MHz G.skill Sniper 10-11-10-30-1, 1.6V
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
Sound Card
Onboard SupremeFX Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1200
Hard Drives
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB (OS), Samsung 2x 128GB 840 Pro SSD in RAID0, 3x WD Blue 6Gb/s 1TB RAID0, WD 2TB Black external USB 3.0, 2TB WD20EARS Green external USB 3.0, 2x 500GB Seagate and 1 750 GB external USB, 1x 350GB external USB3
PSU
Seasonic X-850 (2012 KM3 model)
Case
Fractal Design Define R4
Cooling
NH-D14, NF-F12, NF-A15; NF-P14, NF-P12,NF-A14, S12A PWM
Keyboard
Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid - Brown
Mouse
Logitech G602
Internet Speed
126.4 Mb/s down, 24.3 Mb/s up
Other Info
USB 3.0 x8 , SATA III x8, eSATA, USB 2.0 x6. Samsung DVD R/W drive.

WEI: CPU 7.8, Memory 7.9, Graphics 7.9, Disk 7.9
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