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Hardware Installation
4. 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.
5. Install the NVRAID driver.
If you are in the process of installing Windows
®
XP or
Windows
®
2000 on RAID configured Serial ATA drives, you will
need the provided nVRAID driver floppy diskette. If you are
installing the driver on existing Windows
®
XP or Windows
®
2000, install the driver that is in the provided CD.
For steps 1 to 4, refer to chapter 3 for more information. For step
5, refer to chapter 4 for more information.
Important:
Before creating RAID, make sure you have installed the Serial/
Parallel ATA drives and connected the data cables otherwise you
won’t be able to enter the NVIDIA RAID BIOS utility.