Disabling Optane and Installing NMVe SSD


  1. Frabnkhs
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    Windows 10 21H2
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    Disabling Optane and Installing NMVe SSD


    I've been trying to disable the IBM Optane RST in my system in preparation to installing a 1 TB NMVe SSD in the M.2 slot

    With no success. I'm new to Windows 10 and all the fancy-schmancy gizmos like Optane RST memory and the like so....

    My biggest hurdle seems to be disabling the Optane and switching the mechanical harddrive over to ACHI

    Here are some screen pix of my system's bios.... showing specifically the SATA and Optane related parts. BIOS is latest & greatest

    Disabling Optane and Installing NMVe SSD-bios-1.jpg

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    Disabling Optane and Installing NMVe SSD-bios-3.jpg

    Disabling Optane and Installing NMVe SSD-bios-4.jpg

    And as an afterthought, do I need need to turn off boot protection?

    Disabling Optane and Installing NMVe SSD-bios-5.jpg

    I also tried Mr Brink's tutorial steps on ACHI turn on after installing to no avail

    (Enable AHCI in Windows 8 and Windows 10 after Installation)
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  3. thomaseg1
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    Windows 10 Pro (x64) 21H2 19044.1526
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    If optane memory is in use you must first disable it in windows. I believe the windows store has the utility for it. after which
    you must disable raid in the bios setup.
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  4. thomaseg1
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    thomaseg1 said:
    If optane memory is in use you must first disable it in windows. I believe the windows store has the utility for it. after which
    you must disable raid in the bios setup.
    For mine I disabled it in windows rebooted to bios and changed it achi . I then imaged the HD with Macrium Reflect to an external drive.

    After this I unplugged the HD and put in my Nvme in the m2 slot.
    I rebooted using Macrium's rescue flash drive and restored the image to the Nvme.
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