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Supported Software
RAID Driver for NVIDIA nForce4
The steps below describe configuring RAID on Serial ATA and
Parallel ATA drives.
1.
Run the Award BIOS setup utility then go to the Integrated
Peripherals submenu - “RAID Config” section of the BIOS.
2.
Set the “RAID Enable” field to “Enabled”.
3.
NVIDIA RAID allows RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA
and Parallel ATA therefore
enable the IDE and/or Serial ATA
drives you want to configure as RAID.
4.
Save and exit the BIOS then reboot the PC.
5.
When the system powers-up, the NVRAID BIOS status
message screen will appear. Press the <F10> key to enter the
utility. The utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial
ATA drives and Parallel ATA drives. Press the <Ctrl> and
<X> keys to exit the RAID BIOS.
6.
Press <F6> once the Windows blue setup screen appears.
7.
Now the following steps are extremely crucial because there
are 2 essential files that must be installed here. Press <S> to
select “Specify Additional Device”.
8.
At this point you will be prompted to insert a floppy disk
containing the RAID driver. Inser t the “NVRAID Driver”
diskette.
9.
Locate for the drive where you inserted the diskette then select
“NVIDIA nForce4 ATA Controller”. Press <Enter> to install the
driver.
10. Now press <S> again to specify another device.
11. This time, select “NVIDIA nForce4 ATA RAID Class Controller”.
Press <Enter> to install the driver. Make sure both files have
been installed or the setup will fail.
12. After installing the operating system, if in any case necessary,
create the hard drives' partition.