Questions tagged [intel-rst]
Use for questions pertaining to Intel's Rapid Storage Technology and/or its features, which include Intel Matrix RAID, Intel Rapid RAID and Intel Smart Response Technology (also called SSD Caching). If your question is about Intel Rapid Start Technology, use the [intel-rapid-start] tag.
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Can Intel SRT on one SATA channel accelerate a separate SSD on another channel?
My laptop can house both a 2.5" drive and an mSATA card. I have a SSD in the 2.5" slot already with enough capacity for my needs, if I added a 64GB mSATA card would I get faster system performance by ...
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Intel RST/SRT + SSD cache: RAID
I'm curious. Is it possible to use Intel RST/SRT to do:
RAID 1: SSD cache, composed of say 256 GB × 2 SSD configured as write-back
RAID 1: HD subsystem, composed of say 4 TB × 2 HD
Such that the ...
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How can I reinstall the Intel RST (Rapid Storage Technology) management software?
I recently reinstalled Windows 10 on my desktop PC which has a RAID array set up on the onboard Intel controller.
The array is working properly, and I have the latest Intel RST driver installed, but ...
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How to upgrade from Windows 7 to 10 on hardware RAID?
I have a friend with a desktop PC who wishes to upgrade it from Windows 7 to Windows 10. The older OS is installed on a hardware RAID-10 array on the motherboard's built in Intel Rapid Storage card (...
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After Windows 10 upgrade, how do you view the status of your RAID array?
So I have a Windows-7 machine with RAID-1 array (Intel RAID-Controller provided by motherboard "Intel ICH10R").
With Windows-7, I used to check the RAID array by starting "Intel Matrix Storage ...
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How to clear RAID "Error Occurred(0)" member disk message?
I had a bad SATA cable which caused an "Error Occurred(0)" message to appear on one of the member disks. I replaced the cable and everything works fine now, but the message remains and the RAID logon ...
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How do I rename a physical disk in windows 7?
I have two hdd that were part of a IRST raid 1 array. The pc failed and I have repurposed the drives. The drives are no longer involved in a raid array. The drives had three partitions, I've tossed ...
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Bootable RAID1 on Intel Z170 RST with 2 x SSD Samsung 950 Pro NVME M.2 for Linux
I'm trying to assemble a bootable RAID1 for Linux on ASRock Z170 Extreme 7+ with 2 x SSD Samsung 950 Pro NVME connected directly to M.2 ports using Intel Rapid Storage Technology in UEFI.
I was ...
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What is the difference between iRST Raid 1 and Intel Rapid Recover Technology?
What is the difference between iRST Raid 1 and Intel Rapid Recover Technology ?
Intel wrotes: " It uses RAID 1 (mirroring) functionality to copy data from a designated master drive to a designated ...
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Re-installing Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology driver
I just updated the BIOS on my MSI motherboard to the latest version without really thinking about the repercussions. I had the BIOS version of Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Driver installed on my ...
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SSD TRIM support on RAID-1 array through Intel RST
I'm making the jump from HDDs to SSDs on my home desktop, and I'd like to retain a basic level of redundancy (RAID-1) like what I have with my HDDs.
Right now, I'm using Intel's RAID controller on my ...
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How do I fix the system tray icon for Intel Rapid Storage Technology?
I have the Intel Rapid Storage Technology icon enabled:
But I don't get it in my system tray. I am not in Safe Mode. The problem is when it starts verifying my RAID array and I have no way of knowing!...
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Can Intel RST in RAID5 configuration be used for Windows boot drive?
I'm planning to build a new computer, motherboard will be based on X99 chipset. I'd like to set up 4 SSDs in RAID5 configuration, and use that volume for Windows boot.
Is it possible now? Can I ...
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How to bypass the message "There is a pending reboot for this product" when trying to re-install Intel RST
I have to re-install my SATA driver, but I cannot run the setup application. Upon launch, it immediately fails with an error "There is a pending reboot for this product", yet no amount of rebooting ...
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Intel RST driver - magic performance boost (only) up till version 11.2.0?
what's the magic behind the massive write speed performance boost by intel RST drivers up till and including version 11.2.0?
i have done some performance measurements of my application that is extreme ...
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Parity errors after verify with Intel RST
I have Intel RST RAID 1 running on a Windows 7 machine. I have it set to do a verify and repair every week. I frequently notice parity errors, some weeks over 100 for a 1 TB RAID 1 array. I've ...
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Correct kmod-megasr driver to install CentOS 7 on Intel Embedded RAID Technology II?
I am trying to install CentOS 7 on a server using RAID 5 on Intel Embedded RAID Technology II. I did need to install a special hardware key to unlock the RAID 5 feature.
I have succcessfully ...
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Intel Rapid Storage Technology made HDD dissapear
Recently my laptop stopped booting windows. When I turned it on, Intel Rapid Storage Technology 12.7.0.1936 window showed up and said, that one of my SSD volume is disabled and asked me to press CTRL+...
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Intel RST turned a disk off
I have an Asus ROG laptop and I got a BSOD while I was working and then after the restart, one of my partitions disappeared.
This used to show two disks but it only shows 1 disk and the cd drive. ...
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Getting Intel Rapid Storage to work
This question is strongly related to this one.
I experience the same problem. Unfortunately the proposed solution of removing the SSD disc (disc1) via disc manager gives the following error:
"Cannot ...
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How do I properly disable Intel SRT & remove the SSD cache drive?
I bought a Dell XPS 8700 which comes with a 2TB HDD paired with a 32GB SSD cache drive using Intel's SRT technology. I'd like to install a new 512GB SSD for the OS and use the separate 2TB HDD as a ...
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Intel Software Raid: Downgrade from RAID10 to RAID 1
My configuration
Windows 8.1
Asus Z87I Pro (Rev C2)
4x WD Red 3TB, set up as RAID10 in the Intel tool / EFI
My target
I want to remove 2 of the HDDs permanently from the RAID because I don't need ...
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Intel Smart Response Technology (cache) and vendor SSD tools
I have a laptop with Haswell Core i5 and Intel Rapid Storage Technology.
The OS drive is an mSATA Samsung EVO 840. As you may have heard, they had some miscalibration leading to excessive retries ...
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is Intel RST needed for computers intended for in-extensive tasks
Recently i replaced my HDD in my laptop. IAStorDataMgrSvc(Intel Rapid Storage Technology) and its related programs came with the installation. I read this QA http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/Intel-Rapid-...
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Windows 8.1 stuck at startup after deleting the OEM partition (Intel Rapid Storage technology crash)
I have a Lenovo U410 laptop which have a 1TB hdd and a 32gb ssd. The ssd is used for speeding up the startup time with Intel Rapid Storage Technology. The partition table for the SSD looked something ...
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After certain disk operations such as enumerating disks, HDD light may start flashing every second and storage subsystem hangs after sleep and resume
I'm dealing with some weird problem that's been making my computer crash.
On occasion (but not always), when I perform certain disk operations (something to do with enumerating disks, as this happens ...
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How can I enable "acceleration using solid-state hybrid drive"
My Laptop is a Lenovo Y5070-B that has an SSHD hard drive. SATA Controller Mode was in AHCI mode and it doesn't have RAID mode. There are only two options: AHCI and Compatible.
When I set this option ...
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Cannot setup Intel RST
I bought an HP Envy Sleekbook 14 that has a 500 gb hybrid drive (24 gb ssd, ~470 gb hdd). The computer has Intel Rapid Storage Technology support, and it was working when I first booted it up. ...
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Deleting RAID 1 array with OS on it and switching to AHCI mode? Without losing data?
I am trying to break my RAID 1 array (using onboard intel raid controller) that has Windows 8.1 installed on it. I then want to switch my bios to AHCI mode and boot from one of those drives. Is it as ...
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Intel RAID controller failing to diagnose faulty disk
On my system (running Windows 7 x64) I have an Asus Z87 Deluxe motherboard, with a built-in Intel RAID controller; my config includes a Kingston 240GB SSD disk for the OS and two Western Digital 4TB ...
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Windows not loading after 1 RAID-5 disk failed
I left my PC turned off for just over a week while I was away. When I turned it back on it said my RAID-5 status was degraded and Windows did not want to load.
I replaced the faulty disk and set it ...
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Drive partitioning for SSD cache
i just purchased a new laptop Asus N551JK-CN103D which comes with a 1TB hdd and 24GB SSD(or mSSD) which I think can be used as cache. I have a couple of questions but here is how I setup my laptop, it ...
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How can I re-establish my RAID5 Array (Intel Rapid Storage)?
I had a RAID 5 array, but two of the drives dropped from the array. (While troubleshooting another issue ASUS suggested I update my MoBo BIOS, but neglected to tell me this would corrupt my RAID ...
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Intel RAID verification and repair
Intel has a web page that describes how its Rapid Storage Technology verifies and repairs RAID volumes.
For RAID 1 and RAID 10, it does the following:
Data on the mirror is compared to data on ...
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SSD and rapid storage techology
I have one ssd (samsung evo 250 GB ,on which is installed the the OS, and it's configured with samsung magician, which has AHCI mode enabled and it's linked to a 6gb/s sata interface. I have only ...
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Configuring RAID on Intel DX58SO CTRL+I does not enter RAID Config Utility
I have two 3TB HDD plugged into SATA 0 and SATA 1. I configured the drives for RAID in the BIOS and now when I boot I see the RAID config screen. The screen lists all my drives as it should and says ...
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RAID 0 or btrfs on two SSDs?
I have two 500 GB SSD's, and I would like to combine the two in some way to have 1 250 GB NTFS partition, and 1 750 GB btrfs or ext4 partition.
As far as I see, I have two options: the Intel Rapid ...
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How to roll-back AHCI driver from iaStorA.sys --> msahci.sys Win7
I'm trying to have my HD run in AHCI mode with Intel RST drivers (not just mshahci.sys) after installing windows 7 in IDE mode.
Specs: Windows 7 x64 SP1, Asus Maximus III Gene, ASUS AMI bios Rev. ...
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RAID 0 volatile volume cache mode configuration
I discovered that in IRST there is an option to set a cache mode for my 3 SSD RAID 0 array.
I've read the documentation by Intel and have some questions:
Are there any overall benefits/risks from ...
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Intel Rapid Storage Technology missing drives when trying to create a new volume
I had 2 non-bootable HDDs in a RAID 1 configuration through Intel Rapid Storage Technology. Recently IRST started giving out warnings about the S.M.A.R.T. data of one of the drives so I decided to ...
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Running OS image from Dell Laptop (set to RAID mode) in VirtualBox [duplicate]
I have two SSD images from two different modern Dell laptops that use the new BIOS that allows you to set your boot mode to "legacy" and then set your SATA mode to AHCI or "Raid mode" (Intel Rapid ...
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Using Intel Smart Response Technology (IRST) with Linux only?
I have an existing Fedora 20 installation and would like to use my newly bought 64GB SSD for acceleration purposes.
Since I have a mainboard that supports Intel SRT, and RST with that, I was ...
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How to recover a 12TB RAID 10 array that's showing up as two uninitialized 6TB drives in Windows 7?
I have an ASUS Maximus VI Formula motherboard which was giving me trouble with it's USB 3.0 hub (Intel) so as part of the trouble shooting process I upgraded the BIOS to the latest. Big mistake, ...
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gdisk doesn't recognize RAID0 disk as size of whole array?
I put in two Samsung 840s at 256GB and RAID-ed them together and installed Windows 8.
I'm having trouble using gdisk to get ready to install Linux.
gdisk sees the array, /dev/sda0, as a whole ...
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How to configure RAID 1 on Intel Rapid Storage, and partitioning design
I would like guidance on setting up a RAID 1 system from BIOS with Intel Rapid Storage.
System details:
I have Click BIOS II running on a MSI motherboard (Z77A-G43).
I also have 2 x 2TB hard drives.
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Expand Intel Rapid Store RAID 5 to RAID 10
Under Windows Server 2011 (Small Business), I have the Intel Rapid Store Technology RAID controller setup for the hard drives. I have 4x 500GB drives, currently using 3 as the RAID 5, and the fourth ...
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Intel RST Drive missing error -- with a twist
I'm beginning to think that Intel RST software on Windows 8.1 is having issues.
The Components Involved
I am using the following:
Windows 8.1
Asus Maximus V Extreme motherboard with latest firmware ...
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Would an Intel raid configuration benefit from Intel Smart Response feature?
My hard drive took a dive so I looking at getting some new drives.
I was thinking of getting 3 WD Black Edition 1TB disks.
My motherboard has the Intel Matrix Storage feature and I was going to hook ...
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Speeding up with SSD cache - Intel Rapid Storage or...?
I have a Gigabyte motherboard with the z68 chipset. I have used it for 1.5 years with a normal 1 Tb HDD. Then I have bought a Samsung EVO 840 SSD drive and problems started to arise...
I have a ...
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Intel RAID within the motherboard persistence information
I was wondering: where the Intel RAID (fakeraid) controller available on many mainstream motherboard persist the raid information? On the disks or in some solid memory on the motherboard?
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