Win2K Limitation With Bootable Raid - Foxconn NF3250K8AA Manual

Chapter 5 NVIDIA RAID Introduction

Win2K Limitation with Bootable RAID

In Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or previous versions), the end user cannot install
this operating system to a bootable RAID volume.
There are two solutions to resolve this issue.
I) Use the NVRAID Tool to convert the boot volume to a RAID array.
Here are the detailed step by step instructions:
1. Install Windows 2000 on a selected hard drive.
2. Download and install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 from Microsoft's website.
3. Reboot the system, press the DEL key as the system is rebooting to enter into the
system BIOS.
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4. Select Integrated Peripherals RAID Config.
5. Enable RAID Config for the selected drive (the one containing the Windows 2000
operating system). Then press F10 to exit and save settings in the system BIOS
(This action reboots the System).
6. Press F10 as the system is rebooting to go into the RAID ROM(The system
directs you into the NVIDIA RAID Utility).
7. Select Striping under RAID Mode. Press TAB to go into the Free Disk menu. You
can use the Right Arrow key to add the desired disk.
8. After that, Press F7 to finish. Select N (NO) when asked to Clear Disk Data.
9. Then Press Ctrl-X to exit.The system reboots into Windows 2000.
10. Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000. Then reboot
the system.
11. Go to START>Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID Manager. You
should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created from the
boot disk.
12. Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it.
13. Select Convert Array under the System Tasks. The Convert Array wizard is
displayed. Then Select Next.
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