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I've read different answers to this online, including in some threads on Tom's Hardware, although some of the information may or may not be outdated. Hopefully, someone can clear a few things on the subject up for me:
- Both my desktop (Samsung 850 Evo on Asus Prime Z270-A) and Dell XPS 13 9350 were pre-set in RAID Mode in the BIOS when Windows 10 was installed. I'm not sure why...especially the laptop.
- On both the Storage Controller is recent Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver.
- Samsung Magician installed on Desktop and while it shows AHCI Mode as "off" it still picks up the drive data (SMART), firmware check, etc.
Am I losing any performance or features (e.g. firmware update capability, boot speed, transfer speed, etc.) because Windows was installed in RAID Mode with single SSDs? I've read that it shouldn't be the case (e.g. RAID Mode includes AHCI features) but most comments were inconclusive.
If so, I've read about different methods for switching from RAID Mode to AHCI without having to reinstall Windows...however, some of them have comments where people rendered their machines unbootable. Some of that information may be outdated, however. Is there a "safe" way to change from RAID Mode to AHCI...if that is the recommendation?
Thanks in advance.
- Both my desktop (Samsung 850 Evo on Asus Prime Z270-A) and Dell XPS 13 9350 were pre-set in RAID Mode in the BIOS when Windows 10 was installed. I'm not sure why...especially the laptop.
- On both the Storage Controller is recent Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver.
- Samsung Magician installed on Desktop and while it shows AHCI Mode as "off" it still picks up the drive data (SMART), firmware check, etc.
Am I losing any performance or features (e.g. firmware update capability, boot speed, transfer speed, etc.) because Windows was installed in RAID Mode with single SSDs? I've read that it shouldn't be the case (e.g. RAID Mode includes AHCI features) but most comments were inconclusive.
If so, I've read about different methods for switching from RAID Mode to AHCI without having to reinstall Windows...however, some of them have comments where people rendered their machines unbootable. Some of that information may be outdated, however. Is there a "safe" way to change from RAID Mode to AHCI...if that is the recommendation?
Thanks in advance.
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