2.14.4 Installing Windows
2.14.4 Installing Windows
2.14.4 Installing Windows
2.14.4 Installing Windows
2.14.4 Installing Windows
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
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
STEP 3: Install Windows
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Insert the Windows
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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
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.. \ 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
1. 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.
2. If you install Windows
and RAID 5 or RAID 1 and RAID 5 at the same time under BIOS environment. It
is recommended to create RAID array one by one.
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