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...up data protection can be accomplished easily with RAID 1 can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. Guide to Intel Rapid Storage Overview Intel® Rapid Storage Technology provides new levels of protection, performance, and expandability for any one drive, the user can have ...and mobile platforms. Whether using more additional hard drives, any hard drive can fail without data loss or system downtime. Combined with Intel® Rapid Recover Technology, setting up response time on one or multiple hard drives, users can take advantage of faster boot ...
...up data protection can be accomplished easily with RAID 1 can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. Guide to Intel Rapid Storage Overview Intel® Rapid Storage Technology provides new levels of protection, performance, and expandability for any one drive, the user can have ...and mobile platforms. Whether using more additional hard drives, any hard drive can fail without data loss or system downtime. Combined with Intel® Rapid Recover Technology, setting up response time on one or multiple hard drives, users can take advantage of faster boot ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Click Next. 2 Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Save the file to launch the installation program. 4. Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3. Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Installation Instructions 1. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website.
Click Next. 2 Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Save the file to launch the installation program. 4. Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3. Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Installation Instructions 1. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website.
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10. Restart your system. You will find the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon on the Windows task bar. 5
10. Restart your system. You will find the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon on the Windows task bar. 5
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Create a RAID Array 1. Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Click "Next". 6 Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2. Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array.
Create a RAID Array 1. Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Click "Next". 6 Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2. Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array.
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... your motherboard to enable RAID in the system BIOS, a RAID volume must be created, and the F6 installation method must be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. How to install an... the SATA Operation Mode option to create a RAID volume. 1. Create a RAID Volume Use the following steps to RAID. 5. When finished press Enter. 12 When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears during operating system setup.
... your motherboard to enable RAID in the system BIOS, a RAID volume must be created, and the F6 installation method must be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. How to install an... the SATA Operation Mode option to create a RAID volume. 1. Create a RAID Volume Use the following steps to RAID. 5. When finished press Enter. 12 When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears during operating system setup.
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.... Select your controller from the list of Windows setup (during operating system setup: 1. Select the volume size and press Enter. 8. Press Enter to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Select 4: Exit and press Enter. 11. When you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should...
.... Select your controller from the list of Windows setup (during operating system setup: 1. Select the volume size and press Enter. 8. Press Enter to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Select 4: Exit and press Enter. 11. When you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should...
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... Technology user interface in the floppy drive until the system reboots. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to install Intel Rapid Storage Technology by Note running the Setup.exe process after these files again, remove the floppy disk so that Windows setup can reboot as...
... Technology user interface in the floppy drive until the system reboots. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to install Intel Rapid Storage Technology by Note running the Setup.exe process after these files again, remove the floppy disk so that Windows setup can reboot as...
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If you wish to enable it, you will not be able to create a RAID volume. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology. 2. Turn on your system does not have a RAID ICH, you can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added hard .... What if I /O controller hub (ICH). Enabling the RAID controller may cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. Use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface to use RAID as long as the following steps to a RAID volume that includes that hard drive plus the newly...
If you wish to enable it, you will not be able to create a RAID volume. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology. 2. Turn on your system does not have a RAID ICH, you can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added hard .... What if I /O controller hub (ICH). Enabling the RAID controller may cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. Use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface to use RAID as long as the following steps to a RAID volume that includes that hard drive plus the newly...
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... create a slipstream version of the operating system. 16 Press F6 when you do not need to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system installation. Press S to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using F6 when in AHCI/RAID mode In order to install an operating system... to load the driver during OS installation using the F6 installation method. 1. You do not have a floppy drive on Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows 8 because Intel provided a RAID driver as part of Windows setup (during text-mode phase).
... create a slipstream version of the operating system. 16 Press F6 when you do not need to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system installation. Press S to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using F6 when in AHCI/RAID mode In order to install an operating system... to load the driver during OS installation using the F6 installation method. 1. You do not have a floppy drive on Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows 8 because Intel provided a RAID driver as part of Windows setup (during text-mode phase).
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If you wish to scroll through the list as needed. Use the up and down arrow keys to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface Note within Windows. 17 Leave the floppy disk in the floppy drive until the system reboots. Select your ... this point, you will need to the Windows installation folders. 4. Press Enter to confirm your controller from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to run Setup.exe...
If you wish to scroll through the list as needed. Use the up and down arrow keys to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface Note within Windows. 17 Leave the floppy disk in the floppy drive until the system reboots. Select your ... this point, you will need to the Windows installation folders. 4. Press Enter to confirm your controller from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to run Setup.exe...
RAID Installation Guide
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... Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 10 64-bit With RAID Functions..7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 9 2.4.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 19 1 Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode...
... Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 10 64-bit With RAID Functions..7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 9 2.4.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 19 1 Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode...
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1. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2
1. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2
RAID Installation Guide
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... the RAID 0 Disk will cause data damage or data loss. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to a second drive. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is called data mirroring... that copies and maintains an identical image of Independent Disks", which is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant...
... the RAID 0 Disk will cause data damage or data loss. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to a second drive. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is called data mirroring... that copies and maintains an identical image of Independent Disks", which is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant...
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... / output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. RAID 10 RAID 10 is required for fault-tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup. 4 Intel Rapid Storage The Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. The...
... / output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. RAID 10 RAID 10 is required for fault-tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup. 4 Intel Rapid Storage The Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. The...
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If you use two SATA drives of the same size. If you use the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology UEFI drive option, Legacy OROM doesn't support PCIe storage function. 6 For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity .... * The PCIe Storage device must be AHCI-controller based. * System must be in RAID mode. * The system BIOS must be the base storage size. WARNING!! Intel Rapid Storage Technology for the RAID 1 set is 60GB. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk...
If you use two SATA drives of the same size. If you use the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology UEFI drive option, Legacy OROM doesn't support PCIe storage function. 6 For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity .... * The PCIe Storage device must be AHCI-controller based. * System must be in RAID mode. * The system BIOS must be the base storage size. WARNING!! Intel Rapid Storage Technology for the RAID 1 set is 60GB. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk...
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... SETUP UTILITY\ Option ROM Boot\CSM [Launch n/a n/a n/a Setting Storage OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required UEFI Setup RAID Utility Utility UEFI Setup Utility UEFI Setup Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility 8 Please refer to the table below to choose the corresponding RAID Utility. 2.4 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array...
... SETUP UTILITY\ Option ROM Boot\CSM [Launch n/a n/a n/a Setting Storage OpROM policy] = [UEFI only] Required UEFI Setup RAID Utility Utility UEFI Setup Utility UEFI Setup Utility Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility 8 Please refer to the table below to choose the corresponding RAID Utility. 2.4 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array...
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Then Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page. STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9 STEP 2: Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and set SATA Mode Selection to [RAID], then press to save the configuration changes and exit setup. 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: Enter the UEFI Setup Utility by pressing or right after you power on the computer.
Then Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page. STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9 STEP 2: Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and set SATA Mode Selection to [RAID], then press to save the configuration changes and exit setup. 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: Enter the UEFI Setup Utility by pressing or right after you power on the computer.
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Go to Boot CSM and set "SATA Mode Selection" to [RAID]. 2.4.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS During system boot, press or key to [Enabled]. Set "Use RST Legacy OROM" to save the configuration changes and exit setup. 13 Then press to [Enabled]. Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and set CSM to enter UEFI setup utility.
Go to Boot CSM and set "SATA Mode Selection" to [RAID]. 2.4.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS During system boot, press or key to [Enabled]. Set "Use RST Legacy OROM" to save the configuration changes and exit setup. 13 Then press to [Enabled]. Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and set CSM to enter UEFI setup utility.
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Create RAID Volume window appears. In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your computer. Press . Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Volume0 14 Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press . Reboot your RAID volume then press .
Create RAID Volume window appears. In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your computer. Press . Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Volume0 14 Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press . Reboot your RAID volume then press .
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STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. STEP 2: Install...
STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. STEP 2: Install...
