F5F Stay Refreshed Hardware Desktop Boot problems between AHCI and RAID Analysis of the issue

Boot problems between AHCI and RAID Analysis of the issue

Boot problems between AHCI and RAID Analysis of the issue

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Skye_Tyden
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07-21-2016, 11:04 AM
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Just received a Dell Alienware M17 laptop (model M17) that I customized. After adding a new Samsung NVMe 2TB SSD and installing Windows 10 Pro, I discovered Samsung Magician couldn't detect the drive properly, though Windows did recognize it. The problem was that Dell ships all laptops with RAID enabled instead of AHCI. I looked into solutions by watching YouTube tutorials and booting into safe mode, which turned out problematic since Windows wouldn’t accept my password and required a full restore. I’m stuck in a RAID configuration. Any suggestions to fix this without completely wiping the system? I made a backup of the original NVMe SSD shipped with the laptop, so I could clone it onto the Samsung drive if needed. I’m unsure if using AHCI with BIOS enabled would work. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Skye_Tyden
07-21-2016, 11:04 AM #1

Just received a Dell Alienware M17 laptop (model M17) that I customized. After adding a new Samsung NVMe 2TB SSD and installing Windows 10 Pro, I discovered Samsung Magician couldn't detect the drive properly, though Windows did recognize it. The problem was that Dell ships all laptops with RAID enabled instead of AHCI. I looked into solutions by watching YouTube tutorials and booting into safe mode, which turned out problematic since Windows wouldn’t accept my password and required a full restore. I’m stuck in a RAID configuration. Any suggestions to fix this without completely wiping the system? I made a backup of the original NVMe SSD shipped with the laptop, so I could clone it onto the Samsung drive if needed. I’m unsure if using AHCI with BIOS enabled would work. Any advice would be appreciated.

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07-22-2016, 11:01 PM
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With two slots available, I’d retain the operating system on the primary drive and use the second as a high-capacity backup storage (a costly option, but...) since Windows identifies the drive and may function properly...
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07-22-2016, 11:01 PM #2

With two slots available, I’d retain the operating system on the primary drive and use the second as a high-capacity backup storage (a costly option, but...) since Windows identifies the drive and may function properly...

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