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Intel® Optane™ Notes
Intel® Optane™ is a combination of a compatible memory device and Intel Rapid Technology software. This
combination is designed to speed up your system performance. However note the following;
• The SATA Mode should be set BEFORE installing an operating system, and after you have backed up all
necessary files and data (see sidebar). See
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for details. Make sure you install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology application if you have set the
SATA Mode to Intel RST Premium, or to AHCI (see
• It is very important to make sure that when you create a hard disk drive partition when installing Windows
for an Intel® Optane™ system, that you leave at least a minimum of 5MB of unallocated space (note this is
5MB only, not GB).
• After setting the SATA mode to Intel® Optane™ and installing the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
application, DO NOT uninstall the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology application.
• If you are reinstalling a system that has previously been setup in Intel RST Premium mode, make sure
you have cleared the Intel Optane Memory (see
haven't cleared the Optane setup you may not find a suitable hard disk drive partition on which to reinstall
an operating system.
• If you need to reinstall an operating system, uninstall the IRST driver/application or swap the hard disk
drive (or Intel® Optane™ SSD) make sure you have cleared the Intel Optane Memory (see
Intel® Optane™" on page 6 -
"Setting Up SATA RAID, Optane™ or AHCI Mode" on page 6
"IRST Driver Installation" on page 6 -
"Clearing Intel® Optane™" on page 6 -
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Problems and Possible Solutions 7 - 15
Troubleshooting
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20). If you
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