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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 some operating systems 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. If the
operating system to be installed requires that you provide additional SATA RAID/AHCI
driver during the OS installation process, please
refer to the steps below:
1. Copy the RSTe_f6_iaStorA_winxxx folder (depending on your
OS version) under the Boot\RSTe folder in the driver disk to
your USB thumb drive.
2. Boot from the Windows 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 folder that you previously copied.
4. When a screen as shown, select Intel Chipset SATA RAID Controller and click Next
to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on
configuring a RAID array.
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