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What if I want to use RAID but my OS is already installed?
If your operating system is already installed, you can still use RAID as long as the
following conditions are met:
•
Your system has a RAID I/O controller hub (ICH).
If your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will not be able to use RAID
Note
without installing a third-party RAID controller card.
•
Your RAID controller is enabled.
Warning
If both of the above conditions are met, use the following steps to create a RAID
volume.
1. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology.
2. Turn off the system and install one or more additional hard drives.
3. Turn on the system.
4. Use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface to create a RAID
volume. You can migrate the data from a single hard drive on your system to
a RAID volume that includes that hard drive plus the newly added hard
drive(s). You can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added hard
drives.
If your RAID controller is not enabled, enabling the RAID controller is
not recommended or supported when a SATA hard drive is the boot
drive. Enabling the RAID controller may cause an immediate blue
screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. If you
wish to enable it, you will need to reinstall the operating system.
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