HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide Prerequisites for a Bootable RAID Configuration The NVMe products can support bootable RAID arrays. After configuring an array using the UEFI RAID tool, you can install a Windows operating system to the NVMe SSDs.
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SAS/SATA drives. You can reattach these drives after the operating system has been successfully installed. 9. Make sure any non-HighPoint drivers are uninstalled for any SSDs hosted by the NVMe product. 3 party software and manufacturer-provided drivers may prevent the NVMe product from functioning properly.
HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide UEFI BIOS Settings Different motherboards will provide different UEFI-related BIOS settings. Please consult your motherboard’s user manual for more information. This section provides examples of two different types of motherboard BIOS menus. Example 1: Changing the UEFI setting (SuperMicro H12SSL-i motherboard).
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HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide Example 2: Changing the UEFI setting (ASUS PRIME X299 –DELUXE): a. Boot the system and access the motherboard’s BIOS menu. b. Set "Boot from Storage Devices" to "UEFI driver first"; c. Set "Boot Device Control" to "UEFI Only" or "UEFI and Legacy OPROM";...
HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide How to install Windows to the NVMe product Method 1 UEFI Command Line (RAID Tool) Step 1 - Preparing the USB Flash Drive When preparing the USB flash drive, format the USB partition as FAT32. If another file system is used, the USB drive may not be properly recognized and will not appear as an option under the motherboard’s UEFI BIOS menus.
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HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide e. Next, enter the following command to enter the RAID creation utility: ArrayCreate.efi f. Next, create the array using the following command: create RAID0 This will create an RAID0 array using all the SSDs and configure it for maximum capacity.
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HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide Step 4 - Install Windows a. Insert the Windows installation media (USB flash drive or DVD), then reboot the system. b. Enter the Boot list, and select the appropriate boot path to the Windows installation media (the example below shows how the system’s optical drive was selected for a Windows...
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HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide e. Next, insert a USB flash drive that contains the NVMe product driver into the motherboard USB slot and click “Browse”. Select the driver file as shown: Note: The driver revision shown in the screenshots may not correspond with current software releases.
RocketAIC series NVMe drives are already pre-configured with RAID0. You can skip this step. You can follow the steps if you want to use another type of RAID for Boot-RAID. Power on the motherboardthe motherboard BIOSAdvanced, "HighPoint RAID Management Utility" should appear under Advanced options.
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HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide Step 2 - Install Windows a. Enter the Boot list, and select start from UEFI BOOT: b. After Windows setup begins, follow the on-screen prompts. When Windows asks “Where do you want to install Windows?”, you should see several Legacy disks available (one for each SSD you have installed into the NVMe product).
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HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide d. Next, insert a USB flash drive that contains the NVMe product driver into the motherboard USB slot and click “Browse”. Select the driver file as shown: Note: The driver revision shown in the screenshots may not correspond with current software releases.
HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide Disabling Hibernation a. After installing Windows, boot into the operating system and disable Hibernation. Hibernation fails when installed on an NVMe RAID array; this bug will slow down or prevent startup and disable sleep mode.
HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide Trouble shooting No supporting host adapter is found In the UEFI environment, run the command, " go.nsh (Please see UEFI Read me for specific input content.)" Solutions: If you get the message, "No supporting host adapter is found. "Try the following, a.
HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide Yellow warning before and after installation of the driver. Before and after installing the driver, a yellow exclamation point warning appears in the lower left corner of the installation interface. Solution: a. Please confirm "Boot from Storage Devices" is set to "UEFI driver first";...
HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide This PC Can’t run Windows 11 If it prompts ‘This PC Can’t run Windows 11’ during the installation process, please check whether the computing platform you are using complies with " Minimum system requirements for...
HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide Appendix Support command: help/info/quit/exit/create/delete. Create Command Syntax Create Array Type (RAID0/RAID1) Member Disk list (1/1, 1/2|*) Capacity (100|*) Examples <<< create RAID0 <<< create RAID0 * <<< create RAID0 * * Create a RAID0 array with all disks and with maximum capacity.
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HighPoint NVMe Boot RAID Windows Installation Guide Exit Command Syntax Q/q/quit/exit Quit the application Help Command Syntax H/h/help This is help message...
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