How to remove nvraidservice error

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nvraidservice.exe file information

The process Raid Service U.S. English Resources or NVIDIA RAID Service English language belongs to the software NVIDIA® NVRAID or NVIDIA? NVRAID or nvraidservice.exe or NVIDIAR NVRAID or Raid Service U.S. English Resources by NVIDIA Corporation (www.nvidia.com).

Description: File nvraidservice.exe is located in the folder C:\Windows\System32 or sometimes in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows XP are 83968 bytes (36% of all occurrence), 84480 bytes, 135168 bytes, 113152 bytes, 83456 bytes, 126464 bytes, 137216 bytes, 178176 bytes, 136192 bytes, 112640 bytes, 128512 bytes, 184864 bytes, 20992 bytes, 24588 bytes.
File nvraidservice.exe is not a Windows system file. The application is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run). The program is not visible. File nvraidservice.exe is located in the Windows folder, but it is not a Windows core file. Therefore the technical security rating is 58% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.

External information from Paul Collins:

"NVRaidService" must run at start up. nVidia NVRaid - hard disk striping/mirroring utility for increased performance and reliability. Required if you have a RAID setup

Important: Some malware camouflage themselves as nvraidservice.exe, particularly if they are located in c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Thus check the nvraidservice.exe process on your pc whether it is pest. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. It is one of the Top Download Picks of 2005 of The Washington Post and PC World.

Links: nvraidservice.exe, nvraidservice.exe

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User Comments

Windows Driver for Nvidia based Raid Controllers, Part of Chipset Download, optional install
Ben

As afore mentioned Sata / Raid Driver software, more commonly bundled with NForce Motherboards - Important device when using SATA HDD - you may end this process if you are using IDE only

RAID nvidia

NVidia Raid driver
CB

This is not a driver. It's a monitor for the status of your RAID. It is not essential for the operation of your RAID. You can safely disable it on startup in MSCONFIG. Mine incorrectly reports failures when there are none and read operations in fact succeed (maybe my drives are slow). You don't really need to monitor your RAID from the OS. It's just a convenience. You can do everything you need from the BIOS.
RoadRaat

its what it says it is. harmless and necessary for a raid hdd setup
wze3369 (further information)

Performance increased after end tasking it, maybe isolated, maybe not?
MasterX

Nvidia software for motherboard.
Deathknight

Teil des Nvidia Raid Controllers
Muflash

Nvidia raid tool

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Summary: 26 users think nvraidservice.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 1 user doesn't grade nvraidservice.exe ("not sure about it").

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