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... loss or system downtime. By seamlessly storing copies of data on data-intensive applications. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault tolerance is improved through Native Command Queuing (NCQ).
... loss or system downtime. By seamlessly storing copies of data on data-intensive applications. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault tolerance is improved through Native Command Queuing (NCQ).
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Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Save the file to launch the installation program. 4. Click Next. 2 Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Installation Instructions 1. Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3.
Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Save the file to launch the installation program. 4. Click Next. 2 Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Installation Instructions 1. Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3.
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Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms and continue. 7. Click Next. The application files will now be installed. 3 6.
Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms and continue. 7. Click Next. The application files will now be installed. 3 6.
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...RAID Volume Use the following steps to RAID. 5. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. How to install an operating system onto a RAID volume (F6 install method) In order to install an operating system onto a RAID volume, the RAID option must be enabled in the system BIOS, a RAID volume...included with your motherboard to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 2. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears...
...RAID Volume Use the following steps to RAID. 5. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. How to install an operating system onto a RAID volume (F6 install method) In order to install an operating system onto a RAID volume, the RAID option must be enabled in the system BIOS, a RAID volume...included with your motherboard to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 2. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears...
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... loading drivers. Select your controller and continue. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. Setup will happen immediately after pressing F6. Press S to create the volume. 9. Use the... says, Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert ;a floppy disk containing the following steps to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Press Enter to Specify Additional Device. 3. Press Enter. 5. At this ...
... loading drivers. Select your controller and continue. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. Setup will happen immediately after pressing F6. Press S to create the volume. 9. Use the... says, Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert ;a floppy disk containing the following steps to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Press Enter to Specify Additional Device. 3. Press Enter. 5. At this ...
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... use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface in the floppy drive until the system reboots. the floppy disk in Windows, you will need 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... you would on the RAID volume as needed. 7. Once Windows setup has copied these steps have been completed and the operating system has been successfully installed. 14 During Windows setup, create a partition and file system on any physical disk.
... use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface in the floppy drive until the system reboots. the floppy disk in Windows, you will need 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... you would on the RAID volume as needed. 7. Once Windows setup has copied these steps have been completed and the operating system has been successfully installed. 14 During Windows setup, create a partition and file system on any physical disk.
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... system is enabled. If you wish to enable it, you will need to create a RAID volume. 1. If your system to create a RAID volume. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology. 2. You can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added hard drives. 15 What if I /O controller hub... (ICH). If your RAID controller is not enabled, enabling the RAID controller is not recommended or supported when a SATA hard drive is already installed? Turn on your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will not be able to use the following steps to reinstall the operating system...
... system is enabled. If you wish to enable it, you will need to create a RAID volume. 1. If your system to create a RAID volume. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology. 2. You can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added hard drives. 15 What if I /O controller hub... (ICH). If your RAID controller is not enabled, enabling the RAID controller is not recommended or supported when a SATA hard drive is already installed? Turn on your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will not be able to use the following steps to reinstall the operating system...
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... loading drivers. You will then be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system installation. You can use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you see a message in the status line that says, Please insert ...to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. How 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 ...
... loading drivers. You will then be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during operating system installation. You can use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you see a message in the status line that says, Please insert ...to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. How 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 ...
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Press Enter. 5. At this point, you will need to run Setup.exe from the floppy to the Windows installation folders. Once Windows setup has copied these files again, remove the floppy disk so that Windows setup can reboot as all controllers may not be ... from the list of available SCSI adapters. Use the up and down arrow keys to copy the files again from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Leave the floppy disk in the floppy drive until the system reboots. Windows setup...
Press Enter. 5. At this point, you will need to run Setup.exe from the floppy to the Windows installation folders. Once Windows setup has copied these files again, remove the floppy disk so that Windows setup can reboot as all controllers may not be ... from the list of available SCSI adapters. Use the up and down arrow keys to copy the files again from within Windows, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver and Windows setup should continue. Leave the floppy disk in the floppy drive until the system reboots. Windows setup...
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Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 64-bit 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup ...Using UEFI Setup Utility 13 2.4.3 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 18 3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 23 1 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode 22 4. Guide to SATA...
Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 64-bit 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.4.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup ...Using UEFI Setup Utility 13 2.4.3 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 18 3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 23 1 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode 22 4. Guide to SATA...
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You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 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. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. 1.
You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 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. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. 1.
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Guide to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with ...
Guide to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with ...
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...one simple click in your system, and press key to enter BIOS setup utility. STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to your system. 7 STEP 4: Install Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64... Please note that this document for all models A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". STEP 1: Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set RAID configuration. 2.3 Installing Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 64bit / 7 / 7 64-bit ...
...one simple click in your system, and press key to enter BIOS setup utility. STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to your system. 7 STEP 4: Install Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64... Please note that this document for all models A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". STEP 1: Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set RAID configuration. 2.3 Installing Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 64bit / 7 / 7 64-bit ...
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... configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility, depending on the HDD capacity and the OS you are installing. OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Over 2.2 TB Not supported Windows 7 Under 2.2 TB Not supported Option ROM Setting UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\ CSM [Launch Storage...
... configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility, depending on the HDD capacity and the OS you are installing. OS HDD Capacity Ultra Fast Boot Over 2.2 TB Not supported Windows 7 Under 2.2 TB Not supported Option ROM Setting UEFI SETUP UTILITY\Boot\ CSM [Launch Storage...
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The actual screen may differ by model on the RAID volume info page and press . *Please note that the UEFI screenshots shown in this installation guide are for reference only. If you want to start creating the RAID array. STEP 9: Select Create Volume and press to delete a RAID volume, select the option Delete on the RAID volume info page and press . 12
The actual screen may differ by model on the RAID volume info page and press . *Please note that the UEFI screenshots shown in this installation guide are for reference only. If you want to start creating the RAID array. STEP 9: Select Create Volume and press to delete a RAID volume, select the option Delete on the RAID volume info page and press . 12
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STEP 1: Enter the UEFI Setup Utility by pressing or right after you 've installed PCIE SSDs to [Enabled]. Press to [UEFI only], then adjust the M.2 slots that are the same type and volume. STEP 2: Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and set SATA Mode Selection to [RAID] and set Launch Storage OpROM policy to save the configuration changes and exit setup. 13 2.4.2 Configuring a PCIE SSD RAID Array Using UEFI Setup Utility Caution: Please use identical PCIE SSDs that you power on the computer.
STEP 1: Enter the UEFI Setup Utility by pressing or right after you 've installed PCIE SSDs to [Enabled]. Press to [UEFI only], then adjust the M.2 slots that are the same type and volume. STEP 2: Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and set SATA Mode Selection to [RAID] and set Launch Storage OpROM policy to save the configuration changes and exit setup. 13 2.4.2 Configuring a PCIE SSD RAID Array Using UEFI Setup Utility Caution: Please use identical PCIE SSDs that you power on the computer.
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The actual screen may differ by model on the RAID volume info page and press . *Please note that the UEFI screenshots shown in this installation guide are for reference only. STEP 9: Select Create Volume and press to delete a RAID volume, select the option Delete on the RAID volume info page and press . 17 If you want to start creating the RAID array.
The actual screen may differ by model on the RAID volume info page and press . *Please note that the UEFI screenshots shown in this installation guide are for reference only. STEP 9: Select Create Volume and press to delete a RAID volume, select the option Delete on the RAID volume info page and press . 17 If you want to start creating the RAID array.
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Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you want to complete the setup of RAID. If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. If you install OS. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. Press to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 21
Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you want to complete the setup of RAID. If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. If you install OS. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. Press to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 21
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Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start installing Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS as usual. 22 3.
Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start installing Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS as usual. 22 3.
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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.. After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup, please follow the steps below. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than ...
.... 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.. After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup, please follow the steps below. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than ...