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GA-X58A-UD3R Win7-64 reinstall on new SSD

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R Win7-64 reinstall on new SSD
« Reply #15 on: December 27, 2013, 03:23:53 pm »
The info on that boot screen for RAID ID 0 &1, physical disks 0 & 1 and 4 & 5 is correct. It's physical disks 2 & 3 which are not correct. Those drives are no longer part of a RAID array, and the reported size is incorrect. They are 3 TB drives, which Intel Storage Manager reports as 2.7 TB, and also reports as part of a working RAID 1 array (Array_0001).

I may disconnect the SSD from the Marvel controller temporarily to see what shows up on the boot screen and in the RAID BIOS.

Re: GA-X58A-UD3R Win7-64 reinstall on new SSD
« Reply #16 on: December 27, 2013, 04:24:17 pm »
Turns out the problem was my BIOS was too old and it didn't support drives larger than 2 TB. I upgraded the BIOS to the latest version but the two 3 TB drives are not in a RIAD array.

Intel Storage Manager gives the option of creating the array and preserving the option from one of the two disks. Will that work?

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Re: GA-X58A-UD3R Win7-64 reinstall on new SSD
« Reply #17 on: December 27, 2013, 04:44:08 pm »
Intel Storage Manager gives the option of creating the array and preserving the option from one of the two disks. Will that work?

It might because you are doing a mirror array's they work different than stripe array.

That is why they give that mirror array so if one drive goes bad you can change and rebuild it.

 



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Re: GA-X58A-UD3R Win7-64 reinstall on new SSD
« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2013, 12:03:54 am »
The RAID volume rebuild with Intel Storage Manager worked, and maintained the contents of the drive(s). I ran to Wal-Mart and snagged a 3 TB external drive (surprisingly inexpensive) to backup the RAID rive contents first, just to be safe. Those external HD's sure are SLOW!

I had to upgrade the BIOS to use drives greater than 2 TB when I originally installed the 3 TB drives, so I don’t know why I had to do another BIOS upgrade, because all I did was disconnect all the drives while I was installing Windows on the SSD. I reconnected them exactly the same way immediately after the Windows installation.
 
But it’s over now and it’s a big relief. I’m 99% back up and running. Just a couple minor infrequently used apps to install. I’m not sure operation with the SSD is significantly (noticeably) faster than when the computer was new, running from a conventional HD. And it positively doesn’t shut down near as fast as it did when it was new. But shut down is a non issue, and it’s good to have a new-like, responsive system again  :)

Many many thanks for all the assistance!

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Re: GA-X58A-UD3R Win7-64 reinstall on new SSD
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2013, 02:07:32 am »
Now that you are up and running here is a site so you can do some tweaks. Windows & SSD You don't have to do all of them too.

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?63273-*-Windows-7-Ultimate-Tweaks-amp-Utilities-*

One thing I do is shut off as much stuff as I can. Right click on my computer / Properties / advanced system settings / performance / settings / adjust for best performance.

Yes it will change the desktop but you can change it back. Plus I use msconfig / startup and stuff in there too.
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Re: GA-X58A-UD3R Win7-64 reinstall on new SSD
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2013, 01:47:20 am »
Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.