Iii: Installing Sata Raid0 - Albatron PX865PE PRO II User Manual

Appendix III: Installing SATA RAID0
This mainboard includes an SATA controller that provides two Serial ATA connectors that support
150 MB/sec data transfer rates and SATA RAID 0. RAID 0 defines a specialized disk mana
cal d "striping" which enhances the performance of your hard disks. The SATA devices only le
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su pport Windows XP right now.
The prerequisite is that your hard disks are both SATA hard disks.
T he following sections describe how to install RAID 0 over two SATA HDDs (two HDDs are
re quired). It is assumed that there is no operating system yet installed on the drives and both drives
ar e not yet physically connected. The first section involves installing Windows
S ATA hard drives. The second section describes installing RAID 0 for the two drives.
In stalling Windows
1 .Physically connect the first SATA HDD to the SATA1 connector on the mainboard.
2 . Make sure that the following setting is set to "RAID" in the BIOS Setup Utility : Integrated
Peripherals OnChip IDE Device
. Copy the "Intel IAA-RAID Driver..." from the bundled CD-ROM to a floppy disk. 【path:
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\Intel_I2_00\ Driver\ Intel\ IAA\ 3.0.0.2387\ Floppy\.....(there includes four files, copy all of
them)】
4 . Boot from the Windows
floppy disk.
5 . Proceed to install Windows
In stalling RAID 0
1 . Install the self-extracting "Intel IAA-RAID Driver..." driver and others drivers from the bundled
CD-ROM.. Run Intel Application Accelerator (IAA). Ref. fig1.
2 .Run the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edtion – fig.1
3.Make s ure that the first SATA
4.Shutdown your system.
5.Physically connect the second SATA HDD and re
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XP to the first SATA HDD
OnChip Serial ATA Setting
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XP CD-ROM and press the <F6> key to load the IAA driver from the
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XP onto the first SATA HDD.
(Fig 1)
HDD displays in the next screen – fig. 2
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SATA Mode.
(Fig 2)
boot your system.
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XP to one of the