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In Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or previous versions), the end user cannot install
this operating system to a bootable RAID volume.
There are two solutions to resolve this issue.
I) Use the NVRAID Tool to convert the boot volume to a RAID array.
Here are the detailed step by step instructions:
1. Install Windows 2000 on a selected hard drive.
2. Download and install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 from Microsoft
’
s website.
3. Reboot the system, press the
DEL
key as the system is rebooting to enter into the
system BIOS.
4. Select
Integrated Peripherals
→
RAID Config
.
5. Enable RAID Config for the selected drive (the one containing the Windows 2000
operating system). Then press
F10
to exit and save settings in the system BIOS
(This action reboots the System).
6. Press
F10
as the system is rebooting to go into the RAID ROM(The system
directs you into the NVIDIA RAID Utility).
7. Select
Striping
under
RAID Mode.
Press
TAB
to go into the
Free Disk menu
. You
can use the Right Arrow key to add the desired disk.
8. After that, Press
F7
to finish. Select
N
(NO) when asked to
Clear Disk Data
.
9. Then Press
Ctrl-X
to exit. The system reboots into Windows 2000.
10. Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000. Then reboot
the system.
11. Go to
START>Programs>NVIDIA Corporation
and select
NVRAID Manager
.
You should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created from
the boot disk.
12. Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it.
13. Select
Convert Array
under the
System Tasks
. The
Convert Array
wizard is
displayed. Then Select
Next
.
14. Select the desired type of RAID array you want to convert. Then Select
Next
.
Win2K Limitation with Bootable RAID
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