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March 29th, 2018 08:00
XPS 8700, enabling RAID issue
I have an XPS 8700 with an SSD drive being the boot or C: drive.
I also have a 3TB data drive which is currently the D: drive. I have physically added another identical drive because I would like to have my D: drive mirrored. I can't seem to figure out how this might be done. If I change the BIOS from AHCI to RAID the machine does not boot, let alone allow me to create a RAID 1 volume.
Any ideas?
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DELL-Chris M
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March 29th, 2018 09:00
Boot into the BIOS and notate the current settings;
Advanced- Boot- Secure Boot ?
Advanced- Boot- Load Legacy OPROM ?
Advanced- Boot- Boot Mode ?
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March 29th, 2018 10:00
Secure Boot = Enabled
Load Legacy OPROM = Disabled
Boot Mode = UEFI
Tesla1856
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March 29th, 2018 11:00
If you get a virus or file corruption, it's instantly mirrored onto 2nd RAID drive.
You would be better off setting up Macrium Reflect (free or paid) to Image the whole system (Daily Differential, Monthly Full ... with Verify on).
C: OS and programs
D: Data
E: Macrium Reflect (whole system C: & D: ) backup-Image-File repository (basically everything).
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March 29th, 2018 12:00
You should probably take a look at Synology NAS. With a 4-bay you can setup a Hybrid RAID-5 (with either 1 or 2 disk failure redundancy).
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March 29th, 2018 12:00
You are so right! However, I already have drives C & D imaged to an external drive. My effort here is to improve reliability not to have backup. I do agree with you, I have seen viruses (and stupidity) replicate to both drives on a mirror!! But this is not my case. I just want to keep working for a bit should one drive fail. Thanks for your suggestion.
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March 30th, 2018 05:00
Tesla1856,
Would the fact these below are set this way cause the, "If I change the BIOS from AHCI to RAID the machine does not boot"
Secure Boot = Enabled
Boot Mode = UEFI
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March 30th, 2018 10:00
I would think so.
Both the Legacy/UEFI and the RAID/AHCI BIOS-switches change some very fundamental things about how how the computer boots and how the hardware interacts with Windows.
Some people like to jump between the different modes (and do little patch-up tricks to what's on the disks). For me, I don't mess with them unless I am prepared to Nuke-and-Pave the system (if needed).
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March 31st, 2018 07:00
So my guess is that he might have to experiment with changing those settings to find the correct combination to make his RAID work.