I have a 4 yrs old Vaio laptop that I updated to win 10 some months ago. (Win 10 version 1511 build 10586.36)
3Ware 9500s Raid array not visible in Windows 7 x64 disk management - latest firmware and drivers. 3ware: Add a drive to a RAID unit. Can I recreate a unit from a single drive RAID1 in a 3ware Raid controller? RAID-6: Two drives failure with 3ware 9650SE.
It runs fine, I have no complains but I am trying to lighten the burden that my poor PC has to withstand with the myriad of drivers and services that I think most of them are totally unnecessary and eat up memory and CPU cycles.
So I decided to start from the device drivers that are loaded in my PC and ask for help from the community to know if I can uninstall them safely.
This is the first of a series of post I plan to post and hope that they will also help others that are in my same circumstance.
So, regarding Storport drivers, this is what I found as definition:
storage port driver that is especially suitable for use with high-performance buses, such as fibre channel buses, and RAID adapters.
Now, can somebody explain to me why my laptop needs those drivers. (and same question for RAID drivers)
Here is a list of all the drivers that I suppose are not necessary for a humble Vaio laptop with a miserable 5400 rpm Seagate drive: Can I uninstall them?
3wareLSI 3ware SCSI Storport DriverLSI c:windowssystem32drivers3ware.sys18-May-15 5:58 PM
ADP80XXPMC-Sierra Storport Driver For SPC8x6G SAS/SATA controllerPMC-Sierrac:windowssystem32driversadp80xx.sys 09-Apr-15 4:19 PM
LSI_SASLSI Fusion-MPT SAS Driver (StorPort)LSI Corporationc:windowssystem32driverslsi_sas.sys25-Mar-15 3:06 PM
LSI_SAS2iLSI SAS Gen2 Driver (StorPort)LSI Corporationc:windowssystem32driverslsi_sas2i.sys08-Apr-15 4:28 PM
3ware Raid Controller Driver Windows 10
LSI_SAS3iAvago SAS Gen3 Driver (StorPort)Avago Technologiesc:windowssystem32driverslsi_sas3i.sys09-Apr-15 1:37 PM
LSI_SSSLSI SSS PCIe/Flash Driver (StorPort)LSI Corporationc:windowssystem32driverslsi_sss.sys15-Mar-13 7:09 PM
megasasMEGASAS RAID Controller Driver for WindowsAvago Technologiesc:windowssystem32driversmegasas.sys04-Mar-15 10:06 PM
megasrLSI MegaRAID Software RAID DriverLSI Corporation, Inc.c:windowssystem32driversmegasr.sys03-Jun-13 5:32 PM
nvraidNVIDIA® nForce(TM) RAID DriverNVIDIA Corporationc:windowssystem32driversnvraid.sys21-Apr-14 1:58 PM
percsas2iMEGASAS RAID Controller Driver for Windows LSI Corporationc:windowssystem32driverspercsas2i.sys 05-Feb-15 6:21 PM
percsas3iMEGASAS RAID Controller Driver for Windows Avago Technologiesc:windowssystem32driverspercsas3i.sys 04-Feb-15 6:22 PM
SiSRaid2SiS RAID Stor Miniport DriverSilicon Integrated Systems Corp.c:windowssystem32driverssisraid2.sys24-Sep-08 1:58 PM
SiSRaid4SiS AHCI Stor-Miniport DriverSilicon Integrated Systemsc:windowssystem32driverssisraid4.sys01-Oct-08 5:26 PM
Raid Controller Sata
vsmraidVIA RAID DRIVER FOR AMD-X86-64VIA Technologies Inc.,Ltdc:windowssystem32driversvsmraid.sys22-Apr-14 2:51 PM
VSTXRAIDVIA StorX RAID Controller DriverVIA Corporationc:windowssystem32driversvstxraid.sys21-Jan-13 2:30 PM