XPS 8910 additional HDD for backup

I installed a second HDD for backup purposes. When I press F2 to enter the program installation, everything, but the date and the time is grayed out and cannot be changed. I noticed that the readers are displayed as a RAID, AHCI no configuration. Can I change my safe RAID AHCI? I tried to make the change, but the warning was scary! What other steps can I take to allow me to activate the second disc? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

For some reason, the disk management works today! I was able to select the new disk, format it and assign a drive letter, and go from there. I have installed Acronis backup software and managed to create a backup and recovery boost for the startup disk. So what has changed? I have no idea. Before today, I couldn't select the new drive to do something with it. Maybe a Windows update which took place?

Be it - thanks to all of you who took the time to answer. It's that kind of support that make useful forums. Happy it all!

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