Hi,

You need to reinstall Operating system on your computer but before re-installing OS, please disable Accelerated form iSRT GUI.

Note: Before you proceed with that, I will advise you to take a complete backup of your data (pictures, music, applications, videos, documents) as this step leads to complete data loss. Remove all the external peripherals (like printers, scanners, any USB device except keyboard and mouse) connected to your computer.

Step1. Launch Intel RST UI from system tray.

 (Click on images for enlarged view)

Step2. Select “Accelerate” Tab, click “Disable acceleration”.

Step3. Click “Reset to available” to reset volume.

You need to reinstall Operating system on your computer and while installation of windows load Intel rapid storage driver.

Download the driver for Intel rapid storage from link: http://dell.to/RPclmS

Download the driver.

Copy and extract it to the flash drive.

To enable Intel Smart Response Technology, SATA operation must be set to "Intel Smart Response Technology" in BIOS setup.

Tap F2 at system start up to enter system BIOS.

Navigate to 'Advance tab' using arrow keys -- > Highlight Sata Operation in BIOS -- > Select 'Intel Smart response technology' -- > Hit Enter -- > Press F10 and restart system.

During install windows, it require to load Intel Rapid Storage driver. You can follow the steps below:

• Insert the Microsoft  Install DVD into the DVD drive of the computer.
• Restart (or power on) the computer.
• Press the key as soon as the keyboard lights up.
• The Boot Menu appears.
• Click CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive, and then press the key.
• A window appears that says Press any Key to Boot from a CD or DVD.
• Press a key on the keyboard.
• Click Language, Time, Currency and Keyboard Method, and then click Next.
• On the Windows Installation page, click Install Now.
• Review the terms and click I accept the license terms to proceed.
• On the Which type of installation do you want? window, click Custom (advanced).
• Connect the USB driver to computer where the IRST driver was extracted.
• On the ”Where do you want to install Windows?” page, click “Load Driver”.

• Browse to the folder where the IRST driver was extracted and click Ok.

• Click  Disk 0 Partition 1, and then click Delete.
• On the If you delete this partition, all data stored on it will be permanently deleted window, click OK.
• On the Where do you want to install Windows window, click New
• When prompted to select the size of the file, select the size, and then click Apply. 
• Click to select the partition, and then click Format. 
• On the If you format this partition, all data stored on it will be permanently deleted window, click OK.
• On the Where do you want to install Windows window, click Next.
• The Installing Windows window appears.
• The Setup window appears.
• Select a user name, password, and picture for your user account.
• On the Choose a computer name and choose a desktop background window, click Next.
• On the Help Protect Windows automatically window, click Use Recommended Settings.
• Click to select your time zone, and then click Next.
• The Thank you window appears.
• Click Start.

Once the Operating system are reinstalled, reinstall drivers in following sequence:

• Dell system software
• Chipset
• Communication
• Input Device Drivers
• Network
• Audio
• Video

Next step is to enable Intel Smart Response Technology

Step1. Launch Intel RST UI from system tray.

Step2. Click Accelerate icon on the top, then click “Enable acceleration”.

Step3. Select cache memory size to 18.6GB and Acceleration mode to “Enhanced mode”.

Now enable Intel Rapid Start Technology

Setp1. Execute Disk Management.

Step2. Select the SSD disk (disk1).

Step3. Right click to bring up the menu options list, and select “Initialize Disk”.

Step4. Initialize Disk as "MBR" format.

Step5. Right click to bring up the menu options list, and select “New Simple volume”.

Step6. Follow the wizard create new volume.

Setp7. Run “Command Prompt” as administrator, execute “Diskpart.exe”.

Step8. At the diskpart prompt, type the following commands as shown below:

DiskPart> list volume

DiskPart> select volume X            (X is volume number of your store partition. size is 11G)

DiskPart> set id=84 override

Diskpart> exit

A Hibernation Partition will be created.

Restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.

Please reply in case you have further questions.

hi,

thank for your guide but with no luck, it still directly load to windows without appearing the Intel raid setup which i can ctrl+i to access it. please take note that when i want to load driver at ”Where do you want to install Windows?” page, all usb is not funtional and i burn the Intel Rapid Storage driver into a disk for that. < which i don't think that will cause the raid setup not appear :)

moreover, i wish there is still other method  which you may provide me to solve that problem.

thanks in advance.

Hi,

‘Ctrl + I’ will only work if Intel Smart Response is disabled in the Bios and the msata SSD + Regular SSD combo configuration is not working when trying to use the msata as primary boot device or install OS on that. Since you are trying FHD + msata combination, you can try these steps and let me know the findings:

Msata SSD is only a cache drive for system performance.

Once you have installed the Operating system in AHCI mode. Click on the link: http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/3518/8561.RCfgSata.zip

Unzip the attached file to C:\ so it is easy to run.

Right click and ‘Run as administrator’.

Open command prompt, by clicking Windows logo on desktop -- > Type ‘cmd’ in search bar above that -- > Right click and run ‘cmd’ in administrator mode

Run below command to disable acceleration / IRST and the system should boot normally with Intel smart response enabled in the bios

rcfgsata.exe /st            (– this  will list the two drives – both the msata and main FHD need to be listed)

rcfgsata.exe /x /y         (disable acceleration)

Reboot the system and enable Intel smart response in the bios.

For more information, you can also refer to link: http://dell.to/RA4V4R