Gigabyte GA-H77M-HD3 - eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)

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Unique Features
4-5 eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)
With GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)
(Note 1)
,userscanquicklycongureaRAID-
ready system for RAID 0 when a new SATA drive is added. For a RAID 0 array that already
exists, users also can use X.H.D to easily add a hard drive into the array to expand its
capacity. All with a simple click of a button, X.H.D helps to enhance your hard drive read/
writeperformancewithouttheneedforcomplexandtime-consumingcongurations.The
followingproceduredetailsthestepstosetupaRAID-readysystemandcongureitforRAID0.
A. Setting Up a RAID-Ready System
Step1:CongurethesystemBIOS
Enter the system BIOS Setup program to enable RAID for the Intel SATA controllers.
Step 2: Install the RAID driver and operating system
The X.H.D utility supports Windows 7/XP. Before installing the operating system, you have to load the SATA
controllerdriverrst.Withoutthedriver,theharddrivemaynotberecognizedduringtheWindowssetupprocess.
(For more details, refer to Chapter 5, "Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System."
Step 3: Install the motherboard drivers and the X.H.D utiltiy
After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk. You can click the Xpress Install All
button to automatically install all motherboard drivers, including the X.H.D utility. Or you can go to the Application
Software screen to individually install the X.H.D utility later.
B. Using GIGABYTE eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)
(Note 1) The X.H.D utility only supports the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel Chipset.
(Note 2) It is recommended that before you run the X.H.D utility, back up all of your data to avoid risk of hardware
damage or lost of data.
(Note 3) If you manually build a non-RAID 0 array, you'll not be able to automatically set up a RAID 0 array
later using the Auto function.
1. To automatically set up a RAID 0 array:
Click Auto to automatically and quickly set up a RAID 0 array.
2. To manually set up a RAID array
(Note 3)
:
Click Manual to access the Intel Rapid Storage Technology, with which you can build a RAID 0, RAID 1,
or other supported RAID array depending on your needs and hardware components.
3. Exits the X.H.D utility:
Click Cancel to exit the X.H.D utility.
Instructions:
(Note 2)
Before launching X.H.D, make sure the newly added
harddrive has equal or greater capacity than the RAID-ready
system drive. (To add a new hard drive into a RAID 0 array
that's been created earlier, make sure the new drive is greater
than or equal to the biggest drive in the array.)