dbminter Posted November 5, 2018 Posted November 5, 2018 My internal optical drive is configured in RAID mode according to ImgBurn. How exactly can an optical drive be configured in RAID mode? What is it mirrored against? I admit I'm not familiar with RAID as I've never had a setup with mirrored drives before. But, I don't see what's the benefit for an optical drive? And even how can it be in RAID mode? Thanks!
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 6, 2018 Posted November 6, 2018 It's just the way your controller's driver is reporting it. The controller the drive is attached to is probably in RAID mode.
dbminter Posted November 6, 2018 Author Posted November 6, 2018 Could it have something to do with Dell's now being configured for Rapid Storage Technology as their controller versus AHCI? At least, I think that's how they are factory shipped.
Ch3vr0n Posted November 6, 2018 Posted November 6, 2018 If it is, that's just bad design. What do they think a user is going to do, get 2 copies of a title and rip the disc with 2 drives to 1 iso? An optical drive shouldn't be in raid mode, and neither should Intel RST be enabled by default, not even for nvme ssd's. 1 of those already maximizes the pci-line speedwise (at least if you're running a Zxxx based chipset)Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 6P met Tapatalk
dbminter Posted November 6, 2018 Author Posted November 6, 2018 I've been seriously considering using Reflect's redeploy function to restore an image of my PC after changing the BIOS setting from RST to AHCI. I've just never done anything like this before, so I'm a bit iffy on it.
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