To answer the question: Intel RST Service is not working. Is this serious? Is there something wrong with the computer? What to do? given by the author I love chess the best answer is all this is extra software on your car dude read more

Reply from Veteran[newbie]
This does not affect normal operation. You can disable the service in the control panel - administration - services

Reply from Anna Pokhilko[newbie]
will help you

Reply from Johnny[active]
These are all Windows glitches. On my 7, this problem occurred after updating my antivirus and some important system file getting quarantined. Firstly, I had to install the Microsoft.Net Framework in a new way (it is available for free on the Microsoft website). And secondly, download an earlier version of this ill-fated Intel RST tool. All versions are here: I installed version 11.7.4.1001 (it is 4th in the list). But before installing, you MUST disable your antivirus! After restarting the system, a window will pop up with the question “Should I launch the Intel RST program.” You must answer “Yes” and be sure to uncheck the “Always ask when starting the program” box. At this point, the message that “Intel RST Service is not working” disappeared for me!

Reply from Popov Alexander[newbie]
download the driver and everything will work immediately, my laptop froze a lot because of this

Reply from Deir[newbie]
Thanks Johnny. Only after seeing the list at his link was I able to figure out the problem.
You need to look not at the driver date and take the latest one, but pay attention to which series of Intel chipsets this or that driver was written for. I mean the designation PCH or ICH.
When I installed the driver for my series (it was last on my list), the problem went away.

Reply from Yergey Slepukhin[expert]
Thanks Johnny, the penultimate option worked for me, after installation this icon immediately disappeared, on the Intel official website there are also many drivers for this, and there are special program to search for outdated Intel drivers (Intel(R) Driver Update Utility)

Reply from LolKo[newbie]
In short, everything is simple, download from the official Intel website, download from the bottom section, where setup.exe, if the installation says the wrong version, then at the very bottom there are Other versions. I stupidly downloaded the oldest 11.7.0.1013 and everything worked, now the disks work fine)
The PS trouble arose after DriverPack Solution was used on the computer, this is a theme for automatically updating all the drivers on the computer))

Reply from Azalia Zakharova[newbie]
It seems to have already been discussed here, use - wmfix

Reply from Dmitry Farkash[newbie]
In a couple of months, it stopped working twice. The laptop started to slow down. The first time, I don’t remember how I fixed it)) and the second time, I fixed it by downloading this driver http://uploaded.net/file/vb9bnb79. And the laptop started working quickly again!

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Many particularly attentive users who reinstall Windows OS themselves have noticed that in the list of drivers on official websites motherboards and laptops on the Intel platform are present.

intel rapid storage technology driver in the list of drivers on the laptop manufacturer's website

In this regard, a completely logical question arises: I ntel rapid storage technology driver What is this? And is it needed at all? In this article we will try to answer these questions as clearly as possible.

What is Intel rapid storage technology driver?

From the word driver present in the name, you can guess that this is a driver. Or rather, a package from a set of drivers for the controller responsible for the operation of data storage devices - , SSD, etc.

Intel rapid storage technology driver main window

Thanks to this package, it becomes possible to use the latest PCIe storage devices in the system with a transfer speed of 1GB per second.

When installing this driver, it becomes possible to activate the following functions:

• Dynamic Storage Accelerator;
• Intel Smart Response Technology;
• Intel Rapid Recover.

Dynamic Storage Accelerator

This function allows you to increase the performance of the SSD drive by 15 percent by optimizing its power supply in multitasking mode.

Intel Smart Response Technology

Allows you to automatically save frequently used programs and files on an SSD drive for faster opening. Turns the SSD into a kind of cache of frequently used data, due to which system performance on conventional HDDs paired with an SSD greatly increases.

Intel Rapid Recover

Recovery function. Allows you to create a system restore point, thanks to which you can quickly restore operation in the event of a system disk failure.

Do I need to install Intel rapid storage technology driver?

The answer is yes, it is necessary. After all, even if you are not going to use any of the features that it offers, in most cases, in the absence of this driver, there will be an unknown device in the device manager.

Recently, the amount of information that people encounter on a daily basis is increasing every day. We all watch films, take photographs, work with some documents. And all this volume of information requires a reliable and secure storage system.

Intel Corporation developed Rapid Storage technology specifically for this purpose. Let's take a closer look at what Intel Rapid Storage technology is. This technology makes it possible to achieve high level speed, power and scalability that was previously unattainable. Regardless of the number of SATA or PCIe drives used, advanced technologies provide increased performance for information storage systems, while reducing energy consumption costs. It is also encouraging that if it fails, this technology will protect the system from information loss.

Intel Rapid Storage Technology, what is it?

Intel Rapid Storage Technology, what is it? Advanced users are increasingly asking this question. So, this technology provides support for the new generation of PCle information storage devices, which have an information transfer speed of about 1 GB per second. This means that the performance of the storage system will only increase, and the time spent working with applications that you often use will be significantly reduced. Such applications include programs for editing photos, downloading videos, and using office programs.

And in your own words: the answer to the question intel rapid storage technology driver, what is it - a set of drivers for AHCI RAID SATA controllers manufactured by Intel, which can be used in 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows starting from the seventh version.

Dynamic Storage Accelerator

A feature such as Dynamic Storage Accelerator accelerates performance by 15% compared to the default power management settings. This is achieved by dynamically adjusting the power system during multitasking mode.

Intel Smart Response Technology

Intel Smart Response Technology is one of the features of Intel Rapid Storage Technology. It identifies and independently stores applications and information on solid-state media that are frequently used. At the same time, providing global access to a significant amount of hard disk space. In turn, this makes it possible to use SSD drive models with a lower price and less memory capacity in combination with a large hard drive. Thanks to Intel Smart Response Technology, system speed increases significantly compared to a system that uses only one hard drive.

It is worth noting that this technology is capable of working with hybrid solid-state drives (SSHD). Intel Smart Response improves the performance of the SSHD drive by telling it what information is most frequently accessed so it can be stored on the built-in drive. This allows you to instantly find the apps and information you use every day.

Rarely does anyone try to create a backup copy of existing information. Damage to the hard drive leads to a number of troubles. After all, the information that was stored on it is irretrievably lost. The Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver has features that improve the performance and data security of programs and applications that interact with the hard drive. For the highest performance, Intel Rapid Storage Technology allows you to combine from 2 to 6 drives into one RAID 0 configuration. This allows you to simultaneously access data on each drive, while accelerating response times. This technology consists of the following levels of performance and reliability:

• RAID level 0 (high-performance disk array with striping);
• RAID level 1 (mirror disk array);
• RAID Level 5 (striped disk array with “non-dedicated parity disk”);
• RAID level 10 ( mirrored an array in which data is written sequentially to several disks).

To protect hard drive from failures and to preserve the information stored on it, you need to install several drives and create a mirror copy of the entire information database. There are RAID 1, RAID 5 and 10 for this. They provide another level of reliability by mirroring data across multiple drives.

It is worth noting that Intel Smart Response Technology can interact with SSHD drives. SSHD is a hard drive with a built-in solid state drive, which has high performance. This technology improves the performance of the SSHD by alerting you to frequently accessed data so that it can be stored on the drive.

Intel Rapid Recover

Intel Rapid Recover Technology (Intel RRT) allows you to create a recovery point, thanks to which the system can quickly resume operation if the hard drive suddenly fails or data is damaged. In order to restore files, the disk with the backup copy must be connected in read-only mode.

Hello everyone You may have something like Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver (or Intel RST Driver) in your list of programs, the last word here is Driver, this indicates that it is a driver. And everything that is called a driver is quite important for the system and should not be deleted just like that. However, this particular driver is not particularly important. This driver is needed in order to organize a RAID array of two or more hard drives. That is, if you have one hard drive, then there is no point in this program at all.

Of course, I’m not sure, but it seems like Intel Rapid Storage Technology is a new name, and the old one was something like Intel Matrix Storage Manager. That is, Intel simply changed the name, but why they did it remains unknown..

But here’s something else that’s very important, guys, pay attention! It may be that you have the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver precisely because the RAID0 array is already configured! Some laptops seem to already have two hard drives, and if you suddenly remove this driver, there will definitely be problems, because you will remove the one that made the array work. Well, I mean this in general if you did have a RAID array! But if you have only one hard drive, then don’t worry, in this case you can definitely delete it

So when I tried to download this program from the Intel website for fun, by the way it was called Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) RAID Driver, the archive downloaded, I opened it and this is what was inside:

That is, only bare drivers, no additional software. Well, that's just a note for you...

This is what this Intel Rapid Storage Technology program looks like:

Here's an approximation of how this program works:

And here is a picture on the topic:

Here's another picture:

This picture is just information for thought and nothing more!

The program also has its own tray icon, this is what it looks like:

I also found this information, one user wrote on the forum that he installed the Intel RST Driver and the temperature of the hard drive dropped by two degrees. These are the things, maybe the driver is somehow better than the one that is installed in Windows by default.

You don’t have to remove the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver, because it doesn’t load the system in any way, it’s just a driver. However, there is also such a thing: if you got this program on its own, then most likely it was installed by Windows. This means that even if you delete it, Windows can then install it again. These are the pies

Another person on the forum wrote that he installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and after that he checked the speed of his SSD and it became better, see for yourself:

But this is an SSD drive; it is unlikely that the same effect will occur when using regular HDD drives.

In general, such things, decide for yourself whether to delete it or not. I repeat that the program does not load the system at all.

I’ll also write a little about what a RAID array is. Just imagine that you have an SSD disk, for example its linear speed is 400 MB/s. This is a typical indicator of a normal disk, not the cheapest and not the most expensive, average so to speak. So, now if you take two of these disks and put them in a RAID0 array, then using this Intel driver you will get one disk that consists of two SSDs. And the volume will also be doubled. Well, the speed is also doubled! Do you understand now what's the point of a RAID array? These arrays are different, some provide greater speed, and others provide better reliability. Who needs anything more here? There are RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, and others, I just don’t remember everything.

However, if you still decide to remove the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver, then I will show you how to do it, well, you never know, you might end up uninstalling it.

So look, you can delete it in a simple way, or you can use an advanced deleter. This is a remover that will help you remove the program and then clean Windows from the remnants of the program! Well, you know, I just advised you, but to use it or not, decide for yourself...

Now let me show you how to remove a program using Windows functions. So click Start and select Control Panel there:

If you have Windows 10, this is good, but there this item is in another menu, to open it, then hold down the Win + X buttons!

Now you need to find the Programs and Features icon and launch it:

But unfortunately I don’t have the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver here, so I can’t show you the removal process itself. But it’s easy to do, you just need to find this program in the list, right-click on it and select Delete. Then the removal wizard will start, well, that is, a window like this and all you have to do there is follow the instructions, click Next or Next. I'm sure you can do it, it's not difficult!

Another important piece of information, I accidentally found out myself: in short, Intel RST from version 10.6 began to officially support Intel Smart Response technology. Do you know what this is? Oh, I know very well! This means that Intel Smart Response technology allows you to create a cache from an SSD drive. That is, the hard drive will have a hefty cache from the SSD! Of course, this thing will make Windows as a whole run faster, because at the hardware level, everything that is used in the computer will be cached on the SSD. This cache allows you to speed up work with the same data. Therefore, for example, if you load Windows and open browsers and Photoshop, then if you reboot, then everything will open ten times faster, because everything will already be cached on the SSD! Here is an SSD drive shown, which is used for caching in Intel program Rapid Storage Technology:

So such a cache can significantly speed up the system, especially if the SSD for cache is used for example at 128 gigabytes or, even better, at 256...

An important note, a final note so to speak! Guys, I want to immediately write to you that this program CANNOT be deleted in only two cases: when you have a RAID ARRAY and when you have an SSD cache! Also, I’m not entirely sure whether Windows will react normally to the fact that the drivers for the hard drive will be removed, whether it will then be able to install its usual Windows drivers normally! In short, my job is to warn you, because tough jokes are bad, if something goes wrong, then Windows may NOT LOAD! So such things, think carefully before deleting!

Well, guys, that’s all, I hope that everything was clear to you here and that this information was at least a little useful to you! Good luck and good mood