Migrating A "Raid Ready" System To Raid; Raid 1 Or Raid 5; Installing Windows ® Vista Tm / Vista Tm 64-Bit With Raid Functions - ASROCK CONROEXFIRE-ESATA2 - VERSION 2.3 - 01-2007 User Manual

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Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0,

Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0,
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RAID 1 or RAID 5

RAID 1 or RAID 5 RAID 1 or RAID 5 RAID 1 or RAID 5 RAID 1 or RAID 5
If you have an existing "RAID Ready" system, then you can use the following
steps to perform a migration from a single non-RAID configuration to a two drive
RAID 0, RAID 1 configuration or three drive RAID 5 configuration. To prepare for
this, you will need another SATA / SATAII hard drive with a capacity equal to or
greater than that currently being used as the source hard drive.
1. Physically attach one additional SATA / SATAII hard drive to the SATAII port not
being used. Note the serial number of the hard drive already in the system; you
will use this to select it as the source hard drive when initiating the migration.
2. Boot Windows , install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software, if not
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already installed, using the setup package obtained from a CD-ROM or from the
Internet. This will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu links.
3. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start Menu and select "Create RAID
volume from Existing Hard Drive" from the Actions menu. This will activate the
Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. Click through the dialogs
as prompted. It's important to understand what will occur during the migration
process because any data on the destination hard drive will be lost.
4. Once the migration is complete, reboot the system. If you migrated to a RAID 0
volume, use Disk Management from within Windows
format the empty space created when the two hard drive capacities are
combined. You may also use third-party software to extend any existing
partitions within the RAID volume.
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RAID Functions RAID Functions RAID Functions RAID Functions RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B. Set "ATA/IDE Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the option "Configure
SATA as", please set the option to [RAID].
STEP 2: 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
in order to partition and
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