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C-2. Configuring Legacy RAID ROM
Enter the Intel
®
legacy RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array. Skip this step and proceed with the
installation of Windows operating system for a non-RAID configuration.
Steps:
1. After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which
says "Press <Ctrl-I> to enter Configuration Utility". Press <Ctrl> + <I> to enter the RAID Configuration Utility.
2. After you press <Ctrl> + <I>, the
MAIN MENU
screen will appear. If you want to create a RAID array, select
Create RAID Volume
in
MAIN MENU
and press <Enter>.
3. After entering the
CREATE VOLUME MENU
screen, enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be
special characters) under the
Name
item and press <Enter>. Then, select a RAID level. RAID levels supported
include RAID 0, RAID 1, Recovery, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of
the hard drives being installed). Press <Enter> to proceed.
4. Under
Disks
item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. If only two hard drives are installed,
they will be automatically assigned to the array. Set the stripe block size if necessary. The stripe block size can
be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, press <Enter>.
5. Enter the array capacity and press <Enter>. Finally press <Enter> on the
Create Volume
item to begin creating
the RAID array. When prompted to confirm whether to create this volume, press <Y> to confirm or <N> to cancel.
6. When completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID array in the
DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION
section, including the RAID level, stripe block size, array name, and array capacity, etc. To exit the RAID BIOS
utility, press <Esc> or select
6. Exit
in
MAIN MENU
.
Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
Installing the Operating System
As Windows 7 already include Intel SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do not need to install separate RAID/AHCI
driver during the Windows installation process. After the operating system is installed, we recommend that you
install all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to ensure system performance
and compatibility. To install Windows 8.1/8, refer to the steps below: Steps:
1. Copy the
IRST
folder under
BootDrv
in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive.
2. Boot from the Windows 8.1/8 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting
you to load the driver appears, select
Browse
.
3. Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are as
follows:
Windows 32-bit: \iRST\32Bit
Windows 64-bit: \iRST\64Bit
4. When a screen as shown, select
Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller
and
click
Next
to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
