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... loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can also improve the performance of a hard drive failure. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault tolerance is easily restored. Also, due to six drives in the event of disk intensive retrieval applications such as well. Intel Rapid Storage...
... loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can also improve the performance of a hard drive failure. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault tolerance is easily restored. Also, due to six drives in the event of disk intensive retrieval applications such as well. Intel Rapid Storage...
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Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Installation Instructions 1. Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Click Next. 2 Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Save the file to launch the installation program. 4.
Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Installation Instructions 1. Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Click Next. 2 Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Save the file to launch the installation program. 4.
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6. Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms and continue. 7. The application files will now be installed. 3 Click Next.
6. Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms and continue. 7. The application files will now be installed. 3 Click Next.
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...status screen appears during operating system setup. Press Enter to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. 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 ...the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to select the physical disks. 6. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. Enable RAID in the system BIOS. 1. Switch the SATA Operation Mode ...
...status screen appears during operating system setup. Press Enter to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. 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 ...the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to select the physical disks. 6. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. Enable RAID in the system BIOS. 1. Switch the SATA Operation Mode ...
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...pressing F6. Press S to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. Use the Floppy Configuration Utility to Specify Additional Device. 3. Select your controller and continue. Select the volume...scroll through the list as all controllers may not be prompted Note with the Note necessary files. 4. Use the up and down arrow keys to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. At the prompt press Y to confirm your exit. Press Enter. 5. You will then be visible. ...
...pressing F6. Press S to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. Use the Floppy Configuration Utility to Specify Additional Device. 3. Select your controller and continue. Select the volume...scroll through the list as all controllers may not be prompted Note with the Note necessary files. 4. Use the up and down arrow keys to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. At the prompt press Y to confirm your exit. Press Enter. 5. You will then be visible. ...
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...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 you will need to the Windows installation folders. 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 the RAID volume as...
...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 you will need to the Windows installation folders. 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 the RAID volume as...
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... the operating system. If your RAID controller is not enabled, enabling the RAID controller is not recommended or supported when a SATA hard drive is already installed? If you wish to enable it, you will need to create a RAID volume. 1. You can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added ... drives. 15 Enabling the RAID controller may cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. Turn off the system and install one or more additional hard drives. 3. Turn on your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will not be able to create a RAID volume....
... the operating system. If your RAID controller is not enabled, enabling the RAID controller is not recommended or supported when a SATA hard drive is already installed? If you wish to enable it, you will need to create a RAID volume. 1. You can also create a new RAID volume using the newly added ... drives. 15 Enabling the RAID controller may cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. Turn off the system and install one or more additional hard drives. 3. Turn on your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will not be able to create a RAID volume....
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...TXTSETUP.OEM. Press S to Specify Additional Device. 3. When you can use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you see a message in RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation method must be prompted with the necessary files. Note If you do not need to... use the Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support...
...TXTSETUP.OEM. Press S to Specify Additional Device. 3. When you can use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you see a message in RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation method must be prompted with the necessary files. Note If you do not need to... use the Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support...
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Press Enter to confirm your controller 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. If you ... down arrow keys to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface Note within Windows. 17 4. At this point, you will need 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...
Press Enter to confirm your controller 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. If you ... down arrow keys to use the Intel Rapid Storage Technology user interface Note within Windows. 17 4. At this point, you will need 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...
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...; on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode 22 4. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID 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 ...SSD RAID Array Using UEFI Setup Utility 13 2.4.3 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 18 3. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 23 1
...; on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode 22 4. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID 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 ...SSD RAID Array Using UEFI Setup Utility 13 2.4.3 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 18 3. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 23 1
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Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 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. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. 1.
Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 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. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. 1.
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... contains a complete copy of data from one drive to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the RAID 0 Disk will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that optimizes two identical hard disk...
... contains a complete copy of data from one drive to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the RAID 0 Disk will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that optimizes two identical hard disk...
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...Boot your USB flash drive into a USB port B. Please note that this document for all models A. STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to your USB storage device with RAID functions, please follow the procedures ...BIOS before setting your RAID configuration. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". Press to confirm the selection C. STEP 1: Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set SATA Mode Selection to complete the process. Press [Enter...
...Boot your USB flash drive into a USB port B. Please note that this document for all models A. STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to your USB storage device with RAID functions, please follow the procedures ...BIOS before setting your RAID configuration. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". Press to confirm the selection C. STEP 1: Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set SATA Mode Selection to complete the process. Press [Enter...
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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.
... 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.
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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 . 12
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 . 12
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STEP 1: Enter the UEFI Setup Utility by pressing or right after you 've installed PCIE SSDs to [Enabled]. 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 Press to [UEFI only], then adjust the M.2 slots that are the same type and volume. 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]. 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 Press to [UEFI only], then adjust the M.2 slots that are the same type and volume. 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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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 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 . 17 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.
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Please note that you set up. If you want to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 21 If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. Press to configure RAID functions after you install OS. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to complete the setup of RAID.
Please note that you set up. If you want to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 21 If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. Press to configure RAID functions after you install OS. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to complete the setup of RAID.
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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 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 OS as usual. 22 3.
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... the steps below. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 10 does not support HDD's larger than 2TB. Please make sure to boot. 23 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 Windows® 10 64-bit OS Press to launch boot menu at system POST and...
... the steps below. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 10 does not support HDD's larger than 2TB. Please make sure to boot. 23 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 Windows® 10 64-bit OS Press to launch boot menu at system POST and...