Intel Smart Response Installation Guide
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..., including RST storage driver version 10.5 or later. 2. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use RST function, you want to use the full SSD as the Cache device, which HDD you wish to Accelerate, if you... just need to set the UEFI option "SATA Mode" to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in system at this point! 3. Complete initial system setup, including installing the OS to show the newly accelerated system configuration. * Intel® will update the new version RST driver in Icon tray, lower right-hand corner...
..., including RST storage driver version 10.5 or later. 2. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use RST function, you want to use the full SSD as the Cache device, which HDD you wish to Accelerate, if you... just need to set the UEFI option "SATA Mode" to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in system at this point! 3. Complete initial system setup, including installing the OS to show the newly accelerated system configuration. * Intel® will update the new version RST driver in Icon tray, lower right-hand corner...
RAID Installation Guide
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... 8 2.5.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 8 2.5.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 18 1 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode 17 4. Guide to SATA Hard...
... 8 2.5.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 8 2.5.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 18 1 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode 17 4. Guide to SATA Hard...
RAID Installation Guide
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Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. 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. 1.
Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. 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. 1.
RAID Installation Guide
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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. Although RAID 0 function can improve ...
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. Although RAID 0 function can improve ...
RAID Installation Guide
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... port B. otherwise, skip to complete the process. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". Follow the onscreen instruction to STEP4. A. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this feature is not available for Intel SATA2/SATA3 ports. STEP 1: Set up UEFI. Enter UEFI...to set RAID configuration. Press [Enter] to your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with just one simple click in your system. 7 Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to confirm the selection C. STEP 2: Set RAID configuration. Plug in UEFI setup. B. Set ...
... port B. otherwise, skip to complete the process. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". Follow the onscreen instruction to STEP4. A. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this feature is not available for Intel SATA2/SATA3 ports. STEP 1: Set up UEFI. Enter UEFI...to set RAID configuration. Press [Enter] to your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with just one simple click in your system. 7 Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to confirm the selection C. STEP 2: Set RAID configuration. Plug in UEFI setup. B. Set ...
RAID Installation Guide
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or Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to enter BIOS setup utility. Boot your RAID configuration. 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before you exit BIOS setup. 2.5 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID ...
or Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to enter BIOS setup utility. Boot your RAID configuration. 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before you exit BIOS setup. 2.5 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID ...
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Press to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 16 If you want to configure RAID functions after you want to complete the setup of RAID. If you install OS. Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. 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. 16 If you want to configure RAID functions after you want to complete the setup of RAID. If you install OS. Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up.
RAID Installation Guide
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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® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS as usual. 17 3.
Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS as usual. 17 3.
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Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 7 / 8 does not support HDD's larger than 2TB. Please make sure to boot. 18 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® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit OS Press to launch boot menu at ...
Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 7 / 8 does not support HDD's larger than 2TB. Please make sure to boot. 18 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® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit OS Press to launch boot menu at ...
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select "Browse" to install Windows?" Then choose the directory you want to find the RAID driver. Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; page, please click "Load Driver". When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Continue to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 Start Windows® Installation.
select "Browse" to install Windows?" Then choose the directory you want to find the RAID driver. Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; page, please click "Load Driver". When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Continue to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 Start Windows® Installation.
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...® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit: A. Reboot your system. (It may take a long time; >30 mins.) C. After installing Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take more time to reboot.) D. E. Please start to fix this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454.../ B. If you encounter this problem, you install Windows® 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit on a large hard disk (ex. If you will install this hotfix then reboot by itself. Windows® will need to follow the instructions below to...
...® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit: A. Reboot your system. (It may take a long time; >30 mins.) C. After installing Windows® 7 64-bit / 8 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take more time to reboot.) D. E. Please start to fix this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454.../ B. If you encounter this problem, you install Windows® 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit on a large hard disk (ex. If you will install this hotfix then reboot by itself. Windows® will need to follow the instructions below to...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... Storage Technology provides benefits to users of disk intensive retrieval applications such as well. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault tolerance is improved through Native Command Queuing (NCQ). Also, due to six drives in the event of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID...
... Storage Technology provides benefits to users of disk intensive retrieval applications such as well. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault tolerance is improved through Native Command Queuing (NCQ). Also, due to six drives in the event of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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Save the file to launch the installation program. 4. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Click Next. 2 Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3. Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Installation Instructions 1.
Save the file to launch the installation program. 4. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Click Continue (if needed) to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Click Next. 2 Locate the file on your hard drive and double-click it. 3. Click Next at the Welcome screen. 5. Installation Instructions 1.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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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. 6. Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms and continue. 7.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... the Advanced menu. 3. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. Press Enter to select the strip size and press Enter. 5. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. Click F2 or Delete to RAID. 5. Switch the SATA Operation Mode option to enter... the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 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 RAID...
... the Advanced menu. 3. Select 1: Create RAID Volume and press Enter. 3. Press Enter to select the strip size and press Enter. 5. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. Click F2 or Delete to RAID. 5. Switch the SATA Operation Mode option to enter... the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 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 RAID...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... At the prompt press Y to confirm your exit. 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. At this point, you see a message in the status line that says, Please insert the disk labeled ... continue loading drivers. Setup will happen immediately after pressing F6. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Leave 13 You will then be visible. 6. Select your controller and continue. Select...
... At the prompt press Y to confirm your exit. 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. At this point, you see a message in the status line that says, Please insert the disk labeled ... continue loading drivers. Setup will happen immediately after pressing F6. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Leave 13 You will then be visible. 6. Select your controller and continue. Select...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... floppy drive until the system reboots. During Windows setup, create a partition and file system on the RAID volume as you will need to the Windows installation folders. the floppy disk in Windows, you would on any physical disk. 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 ...
... floppy drive until the system reboots. During Windows setup, create a partition and file system on the RAID volume as you will need to the Windows installation folders. the floppy disk in Windows, you would on any physical disk. 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 ...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... that hard drive plus the newly added hard drive(s). Turn on your operating system is enabled. If your system to create a RAID volume. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology. 2. If your RAID controller is not enabled, enabling the RAID controller is not recommended or supported when a ... your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will not be able to use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card. • Your RAID controller is already installed, you will need to reinstall the operating system. You can migrate the data from a single hard drive on the...
... that hard drive plus the newly added hard drive(s). Turn on your operating system is enabled. If your system to create a RAID volume. Install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology. 2. If your RAID controller is not enabled, enabling the RAID controller is not recommended or supported when a ... your system does not have a RAID ICH, you will not be able to use RAID Note without installing a third-party RAID controller card. • Your RAID controller is already installed, you will need to reinstall the operating system. You can migrate the data from a single hard drive on the...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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....CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you need to use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you can use a USB floppy drive or create a slipstream version of the operating system. 16 How ...to load the driver during OS installation using the F6 installation method. 1. When you see a message in the status line that says, Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into...
....CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM. Press F6 when you see a prompt that says, Press F6 if you need to use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you can use a USB floppy drive or create a slipstream version of the operating system. 16 How ...to load the driver during OS installation using the F6 installation method. 1. When you see a message in the status line that says, Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into...
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...exe from within Windows, you will need to confirm your controller from the floppy to scroll through the list as needed. If 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. Use the... up and down arrow keys to the Windows installation folders. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the list of available SCSI adapters. Press Enter. 5.
...exe from within Windows, you will need to confirm your controller from the floppy to scroll through the list as needed. If 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. Use the... up and down arrow keys to the Windows installation folders. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the list of available SCSI adapters. Press Enter. 5.