Samsung 32GB(impending failure flash cache RAID 0) / Hitachi 750 GB HD

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Windows 21H1 (OS Build 19043.2006)

This computer is a HP mobile workstation that came with a 750 GB HD and 32 GB flash cache in RAID 0.

There is impending failure of the 32 GB flash cache by:
a) Reboot after Windows upgrade > HP BIOS message
b) HD Sentinel



If the computer is in RAID 0 and the flash cache fails are there methods to use only the HD with a long boot ?

Or are there no options once the flash cache fails?
Will the RAID 0 have to be recreated to be able to boot the HD?


The computer has Intel Rapid Storage Technology (IRST).
Launched using: C:\programfiles\Intel\Intel(R) RapidStorageTechnology
(Date modified 04/19/2017)

The flash cache life span has been greater than six years.


If the flash cache is turned off should the computer be able to boot only the HD?
If it fails to boot the HD what are the troubleshooting steps?

The BIOS is legacy and the HD is MBR.

    Disk Information
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    Disk Information
    Form Factor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : mSATA
    Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32 GB (32 x 1,000,000,000 bytes)
    Disk Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Serial-ATA/600
    Device Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ?    S.M.A.R.T.
   ------------
No.  Attribute                Thre.. Value  Worst  Data                Status                   Flags                                                  
1    Raw Read Error Rate      2      200    200    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Performance, Statistica.. 
5    Reallocated Sectors Co.. 10     100    100    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical    
9    Power On Time Count      0      95     95     0000000059BE        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
12   Drive Power Cycle Count  0      99     99     000000000372        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
170  Unused Reserved Block .. 10     100    100    0000000002E2        OK                       Event Count, Statistical, Critical                     
171  Program Fail Count (Ch.. 10     100    100    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
172  Erase Fail Count (Chip)  10     100    100    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
173  Wear Leveling Count      5      1      1      000000000FA1        Pre-Failure: Data loss.. Event Count, Statistical, Critical                     
174  Unexpected Power Loss .. 0      99     99     000000000112        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
183  Runtime Bad Block (Tot.. 1      99     99     00000000003B        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
184  Error Detection          97     100    100    000000000000        OK                       Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical    
187  Uncorrectable Error Co.. 0      100    100    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
188  Command Timeout          0      100    100    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical              
190  Temperature              0      44     25     000000000038        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Statistical                           
196  Reallocation Event Count 0      253    253    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Statistical                                            
198  Off-Line Uncorrectable.. 0      100    100    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count                           
199  Ultra ATA CRC Error Co.. 0      100    100    000000000000        OK (Always passing)      Self Preserving, Event Count, Error-Rate, Performanc.. 

    Transfer Rate Information
   ---------------------------
    Total Data Read  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 23 MB,  14,899,349 MB since installation  (12/7/2020)
    Total Data Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 31 MB,  16,819,409 MB since installation
    Average Reads Per Day  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 23,028.36 MB
    Average Writes Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 25,996.00 MB
    Current Transfer Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
    Maximum Transfer Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 5867 KB/s
    Current Read Rate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
    Current Write Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 KB/s
    Current Disk Activity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0 %

HP UEFI hardware diagnostics:  ran component test for drive > took approximately 9 hours and displayed pass.

It was unclear whether it tested only the HD or the HD and the flash cache.

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