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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:confused:.
Thanks for any help.
 

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Intel Core i7 6700 @ 3.40GHz 23 °C Skylake 14nm Technology
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Dell Inc. 0XJ8C4 (SOCKET 0)
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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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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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Dell
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Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 6700 @ 3.40GHz 23 °C Skylake 14nm Technology
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0XJ8C4 (SOCKET 0)
Memory
16.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1063MHz (15-15-15-36)
Graphics Card(s)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745
Sound Card
Realtek Audio

My Computer

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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom assembled by me :}
OS
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
CPU
i7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM's too
Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH X99 2nd ASUS x299 Apex
Memory
Trident-z 3200C14 2nd Trident-z 3600C16
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
Sound Card
Built-in Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24" 144Hz
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 144Hz
Hard Drives
2-Samsung M.2 Evo & Evo Plus
2-Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD's/ 3-2.5 W.D. Black 1tb-&3-1tb/3-3.5 WD Black 1tb hdd's
PSU
EVGA SuperNOVA 1000-P2 2nd 1200-P2
Case
2-Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower
Cooling
Custom water loops
Keyboard
Logitech G710+/ 2nd Logitech G910
Mouse
2-RedDragon M901 Perdition 16400 dpi Gaming mouse = wired
Internet Speed
Comcast Ping 19ms 89.31mbps download speed 6.12mbps upload
Antivirus
Malwarebytes Pro/ Superantispyware Pro
Browser
FireFox & Pale moon
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2nd ASUS X299 Apex/Intel i9-9940x with Custom water loop/7H-Prem-x64/Corsair 450D case/Ram Trident-z 3600C16 4x8gb / Samsung970Evo plus 500gb SSD/Dual ssd EZ swap evo/PSU EVGA SuperNova 1200w-P2 80+Platinum/GPU Titan Xp /8-ML-140 on push-pull on 2-280GTX rads
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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Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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Intel Core i7 6700 @ 3.40GHz 23 °C Skylake 14nm Technology
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Dell Inc. 0XJ8C4 (SOCKET 0)
Memory
16.0GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1063MHz (15-15-15-36)
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4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745
Sound Card
Realtek Audio
Hi,
No problem look forward to a update = no pun intended ;)
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom assembled by me :}
OS
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
CPU
i7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM's too
Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH X99 2nd ASUS x299 Apex
Memory
Trident-z 3200C14 2nd Trident-z 3600C16
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
Sound Card
Built-in Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24" 144Hz
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 144Hz
Hard Drives
2-Samsung M.2 Evo & Evo Plus
2-Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD's/ 3-2.5 W.D. Black 1tb-&3-1tb/3-3.5 WD Black 1tb hdd's
PSU
EVGA SuperNOVA 1000-P2 2nd 1200-P2
Case
2-Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower
Cooling
Custom water loops
Keyboard
Logitech G710+/ 2nd Logitech G910
Mouse
2-RedDragon M901 Perdition 16400 dpi Gaming mouse = wired
Internet Speed
Comcast Ping 19ms 89.31mbps download speed 6.12mbps upload
Antivirus
Malwarebytes Pro/ Superantispyware Pro
Browser
FireFox & Pale moon
Other Info
2nd ASUS X299 Apex/Intel i9-9940x with Custom water loop/7H-Prem-x64/Corsair 450D case/Ram Trident-z 3600C16 4x8gb / Samsung970Evo plus 500gb SSD/Dual ssd EZ swap evo/PSU EVGA SuperNova 1200w-P2 80+Platinum/GPU Titan Xp /8-ML-140 on push-pull on 2-280GTX rads
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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Windows 7 Professional x64, Arch Linux
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