Swapping out Optane for NVME - RAID/AHCI issue

[ss88]

I picked up a PC with a HDD and Optane in the M.2/NVME slot. I'm going to replace the Optane stick with a NVME SSD. I've seen some complicated procedures for this, as described here: https://www.dell.com/community/XPS-Desktops/XPS-8930-upgrade-HDD-to-SSD/td-p/7686271 and in particular around switching from RAID to AHCI as described here with the use of BCDedit: http://triplescomputers.com/blog/un...ch-windows-10-from-raidide-to-ahci-operation/

I'm guessing a lot of this complexity stems from people cloning their HDD (which was set to operate in RAID mode) to their new NVME SSD. In my case, I won't be cloning the HDD, and will be doing a clean install on the NVME SSD.

So can I simplify the procedure to the following?

1. In Windows 10, disable Optane acceleration using Intel RST
2. reboot, which should take longer now that Optane is disabled
3. remove Optane, install NVME SSD, disconnect HDD
4. reboot into BIOS and switch from RAID to AHCI
5. boot into USB stick with Windows installer, install Windows to NVME SSD
6. after Windows install is done and is booting from SSD, then reconnect HDD, boot and repartition HDD as desired

Edit: The above method worked, so I guess all that BCDedit safe mode stuff was related to cloning HDD (that was in RAID) to SSD.

 

[Deadjasper]

I'm getting ready to do the same thing with a Dell 5477 AIO except I'll be loading Linux. I also have a HP AIO with a 1TB NVMe and Windows 10 and I'm amazed at how fast it boots. And it runs butter smooth even tho it only has a i3. The Dell has a i7 8700t so it should be even better.