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Guide to SATA Hard Disks 

Installation and RAID Configuration

1. 

Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation ..............................2

 
 

1.1  Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation ................2

2. 

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

3. 

Installing Windows

®

 on a HDD under 2TB in RAID 

 

mode  

 

 ..................................................................14

4. 

Installing Windows

®

 on a HDD larger than 2TB in 

 

RAID mode   ..................................................................15

Summary of Contents for IMB-1224E

Page 1: ...ide 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 R...

Page 2: ...functions including RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage Please read the RAID configurations in this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard ad...

Page 3: ...ata striping that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel interleaved stacks It will improve data access and storage since it will double the data transfer rate of...

Page 4: ...to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data RAID 10 RAID 10 is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays This configuration has the same fa...

Page 5: ...RAID 5 confi guration include better HDD performance fault tolerance and higher storage capacity The RAID 5 configuration is best sui ted for transaction processing relational database applications en...

Page 6: ...smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size For example if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is 6...

Page 7: ...RAID Press F10 to save the configuration changes and exit setup 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 jus...

Page 8: ...fer to the table below to choose the corresponding RAID Utility OS Windows 10 HDD Capacity Over 2 2 TB Under 2 2 TB Over 2 2 TB Under 2 2 TB Ultra Fast Boot Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Option RO...

Page 9: ...F2 or Del right after you power on the computer STEP 2 Go to Advanced Storage Configuration and set SATA Mode Selection to RAID Then Enter VMD setup menu STEP 3 Enable these two options Enable VMD co...

Page 10: ...10 STEP 4 Enter Intel R Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page STEP 5 Select the option Create RAID Volume and press Enter...

Page 11: ...d press Enter or simply press Enter to accept the default name Select your desired RAID Level and press Enter STEP 7 Select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array and select a stripe size Se...

Page 12: ...12 STEP 8 The RAID volume you just create is as following If you want to delete a RAID volume select the option Delete on the RAID volume info page and press Enter...

Page 13: ...Yes to delete the RAID volume Please note that the UEFI screenshots shown in this installation guide are for reference only The actual screen may differ by model on the RAID volume info page and pres...

Page 14: ...14 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...

Page 15: ...opy 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...

Page 16: ...e click Load Driver Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port select Browse to find the RAID driver Then choose the directory you have copied in the first step Please keep the USB flash disk installe...

Page 17: ...s below to fix this problem Windows 10 64 bit A Please request the hotfix KB2505454 through this link http support microsoft com kb 2505454 B After installing Windows 10 64 bit install the hotfix kb25...

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