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STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation
guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the document in
the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration",
which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 4: Install Windows
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not supported.)
After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette and using "RAID Installation Guide" to set
RAID configuration, you can start to install Windows
At the beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When
prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel
After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install
according to the mode you choose and the OS you install. You may select: "Intel(R)
ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - Windows XP)" for Windows
"Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - Windows XP64)" for
Windows
XP 64-bit.
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After the installation of Windows
RAID functions, you are allowed to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Matrix
Storage Manager Information" for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the
Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is
located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document
in the support CD, "Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager", which is located in the folder
at the following path: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information
If you want to use "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" in Windows
please install SATA / SATAII drivers from the Support CD again so that "Intel
Matrix Storage Manager" will be installed to your system as well.
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Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System
Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System
Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System
Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System
Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System
You can also set up a "RAID Ready" system with a single SATA / SATAII hard disk.
A "RAID Ready" system can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5
at a later date by using RAID migration feature of Intel Matrix Storage. The
following steps outline how to build an Intel "RAID Ready" system.
1. Assemble the system and attach a single SATA / SATAII hard drive.
2. Set up system BIOS as step 1 of page 45. When done, exit Setup.
3. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette as step 2 of page 45. Begin Windows
setup by booting from the installation CD.
4. At the beginning of Windows
driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the
Intel
RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented.
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