Installing Windows; Raid Functions - ASROCK P55 Extreme User Manual

2.20.4 Installing Windows

2.20.4 Installing Windows 2.20.4 Installing Windows 2.20.4 Installing Windows 2.20.4 Installing Windows

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 the option "SATAII Operation Mode" 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
STEP 3: Install Windows
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Insert the Windows Vista
your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows
OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?" page,
please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the "Load
Driver" button on the left on the bottom to load the Intel
drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:
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.. \ I386 (For Windows Vista
.. \ AMD64 (For Windows
After that, please insert Windows
drive again to continue the installation.
After the installation of Windows
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 "SATAII driver" from the Support CD again so that "Intel
Matrix Storage Manager" will be installed to your system as well.
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