Setting Up A Raid Ready System - ASROCK 775XFIRE-VSTA - V1.2 User Manual

STEP 4: Install Windows
After making a SATA driver diskette and using "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID
configuration, you can start to install Windows
system. At the beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID
driver. When prompted, insert the SATA driver diskette containing the Intel
driver. 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) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH6R-
Windows XP/2000)" for Windows
Controller (Desktop ICH6R-Windows XP64)" for Windows
After the installation of Windows
to manage 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 drivers from the Support CD again so that "Intel
Matrix Storage Manager" will be installed to your system as well.
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2.16.2 2.16.2 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 hard disk. A "RAID
Ready" system can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0 or RAID 1 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 hard drive.
2. Set up system BIOS as step 1 of page 32. When done, exit Setup.
3. Make a SATA driver diskette as step 2 of page 32. Begin Windows
booting from the installation CD.
4. At the beginning of Windows
driver. When prompted, insert a floppy disk 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) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH6R-Windows
XP/2000)" for Windows
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(Desktop ICH6R-Windows XP64)" for Windows
5. Finish the Windows installation and install all necessary drivers.
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2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your
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XP/2000 or "Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID
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2000 / Windows XP / Windows
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setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID
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XP/2000 or "Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller
XP 64-bit.
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RAID
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XP 64-bit.
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XP-64bit OS, if you want
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environment,
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setup by
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RAID driver.
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