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Intel Smart Response Technology w/o Rapid Start Technology - Set-up, Install, Acceleration - Is it working??

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Upgraded to Windows 10 version 1511 build 10586.545 on Dell 15z 5523 and attempted to defragment c:/ drive (HDD). Noticed that both (c:/ - HDD & d:/ - SSD) drives were read as SSD so unable to Analyze or Defrag.

So, I attempted to install the latest drives from Intel site. Unfortunately, crashed my system. Required a new clean install. 

Once new install, went to Dell site and installed SRT driver and Chipset drivers. Restart - checked bios - RAID drives and SRT enabled. Save & exit.

Went in to Cmd Prompt (Admin) - Diskprt - Clean. List Disk showed 2 drives both online with available space on both.

Went to Disk Management to initialize disk - Disk 2 setup - MBR style of partition.

Then on disk 0 (HDD) last partition chose “Shrink Volume…” from menu & shrank. Once completed, Extend Volume on disk 0 (HDD). 

Ran SRT program - Enable Acceleration - selected total drive - Maximized Mode. Restart.

Finished.......but noticed the following.....

As you may have noticed, and my 2 questions - where is the 2nd drive (SSD) that is being used as cache - why is it not showing up in Device Manager, Diskpart, Disk Management and Defrag software??

Yet SRT shows everything working!!

And 2nd question why is Disk 0 type still showing as SSD??

BTW defrag last run shows a time b/c I defragged in Cmd Prompt - defrag c:/ u/v/.

Please note that I did not install Intel Rapid Start Technology b/c Intel no longer supports it & Windows 10 (Power Options - System settings) offers similar tech.

Therefore, using 2nd drive for cacheing only.

So ultimately, is SRT working?? How can I tell?? Thanks.


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