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February 14th, 2015 19:00
Alienware 18 SSD upgrade configuration
I have from the factory 80gb msata and 1tb hdd. I'd like to replace the HDD with a SSD and put the HDD in the second slot while maintaining the msata cache. I upgraded to windows 8.1, purchased alienRespawn and created recovery media as suggested for reinstalling OS. Is Raid 0 retained after reinstalling OS to new SSD across all drives? What is the best way to set up drives for best performance?
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darok2
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February 14th, 2015 19:00
Thanks.
But for clarity, do you mean enter bios and remove msata association with cache so that it will just be another place I can store things and adding the new SSD as a boot drive? Will this allow the best performance? Should I set everything up in Raid?
Tesla1856
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February 14th, 2015 19:00
Drop the small SSD cache.
Just install a 256gb (or larger) SSD for OS-Boot, Windows and main programs. Use 1tb spinning HDD (or whatever you want) in next bay for larger games and/or data files.