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2. The selection bar will move to the Disks section on the right of the screen. Select the hard drives to be
included in the RAID array. Use the up or down arrow key to select a hard drive and press <Insert>. The
selected hard drive will be shown in green. To use all of the hard drives, simply press <A> to select all. Then
press <Enter> and the selection bar will move to the User Input section on the left bottom of the screen.
3. First, select a RAID mode and press <Enter>. The selections available depend on the number of the hard drives
being installed. Then follow the on-screen instructions to specify the array size. You can select All available
space to use the maximum size allowed or use the up or down arrow key to adjust the size and press <Enter>.
4. Select a caching mode. Options include Read/Write, Read Only, and None. Then press <Enter> to proceed.
5. Finally, a message which says "Confirm Creation of Array" will appear. Press <C> to confirm or <Esc> to
return to the previous screen. To exit the RAID BIOS utility, press <Esc> and then press <C> to confirm.
Deleting an Array
The Delete Array(s) menu option allows for deletion of disk array assignments.
1. Select Delete Array(s) in the Main Menu and press <Enter>.
2. In the Arrays section, press the <Insert> key on the array you want to delete and then press <Enter> to proceed.
3. When prompted to confirm, press <C> to continue the deletion or <Esc> to cancel.
Deleting an existing disk array could result in loss of data. Record all array information including the
array type, the disk members, and stripe block size in case you wish to undo a deletion.
Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
A. Installing Windows
Step 1:
You need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation. Use an alternative system to copy
the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive. Copy the SATA RAID/AHCI
driver folder under BootDrv in the driver disk depending on your Windows version, for example:
Windows 10 driver folder: "BootDrv\Hw10"
Windows 8.1 driver folder: "BootDrv\Hw81"
Windows 7 driver folder: "BootDrv\Hw7_A88"
Step 2:
Boot from the Windows 8.1 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting
you to load the driver appears, select Browse.
Step 3:
Then browse to the USB flash drive and select the location of the driver, for example:
Windows 10 64-bit RAID driver directory: "Hw10\RAID\x64"
Windows 8.1 64-bit RAID driver directory: " Hw81\RAID\x64"
Windows 7 32-bit RAID driver directory: "Hw7_A88\RAID\x86"
Step 4:
When a screen appears, select AMD-RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS
installation.
Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on configuring a RAID array.
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