When to use RAID, AHCI or IDE options in BIOS during windows installation?

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When to use RAID, AHCI or IDE options in BIOS during windows installation?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    2 G
    Motherboard
    HP
    Memory
    2 G
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD
    Sound Card
    REALTEK
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2
More than likely you won't be using raid. Which of the other ones you use depends upon your hard drive type. You use AHCI for SATE and IDE for IDE. Have you tried google?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
More than likely you won't be using raid. Which of the other ones you use depends upon your hard drive type. You use AHCI for SATE and IDE for IDE. Have you tried google?



Understand, but what about RAID when to use?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    2 G
    Motherboard
    HP
    Memory
    2 G
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD
    Sound Card
    REALTEK
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2
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