On 08/02/2021 22:44, Lou Poppler wrote:
On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:26 +0000, Bernard McNeill wrote:
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I have one SSD (which has Win-10 on it), there is no other disk
(spinning or otherwise) on the machine.
The BIOS System Information says 'M.2. SATA =(none)'
and 'M.2. PCIe SSD-0=87NB51ASK5HS'.
However: Under BIOS System Configuration, 'SATA Operation' is set to
'RAID On', [other options are 'Disabled' and 'AHCI' ].
Interesting that Dell is making a distinction here between SATA and PCIe mass
storage, but calling its RAID foolishness "SATA Operation - RAID On".
Does this imply maybe that the SSD connected via PCIe and not via the SATA
wiring/controller, is exempt from the RAID interference? I don't know.
It sure would be nice if that is what they mean though.
Maybe you can carefully test how this really works.
(Make the backup first though)
Is it even possible to RAID an SDD?
But, as I think I mentioned earlier, I am very reluctant indeed to mess
around with Windows itself.
I have backed up the user data, but I am not at all sure how to
re-install Windows itself. If the machine failed I suspect I would take
it to a specialist with a copy of the user data.
Best regards
