MSI P55-CD45 series Technical Guide

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Intel SATA RAID ▍
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raid Migration inStructionS
The Intel Matrx Storage Console o󰘯ers the 󰘱exblty to upgrade from a sngle Seral
ATA (SATA) hard drve to RAID con󰘰guraton when an addtonal SATA hard drve s
added to the system. Ths process wll create a new RAID volume from an exstng
dsk. However, several mportant steps must be followed at the tme the system s 󰘰rst
con󰘰gured n order to take advantage of RAID when upgradng to a second SATA hard
drve:
BIOS must be con󰘰gured for RAID before nstallng Wndows on the sngle SATA
hard drve. Refer to “BIOS secton” properly settng.
Install the Intel Applcaton Accelerator RAID Drver durng Wndows Setup. Refer to
“Installng Software” for nstructons on nstallng the drver durng Wndows Setup.
Install the Intel Matrx Storage Console after the operatng system s nstalled.
To create a volume from an exstng dsk, complete the followng steps:
Important
A “Create from Exstng Dsk” operaton wll delete all exstng data from the added dsk
and the data cannot be recovered. It s crtcal to backup all mportant data on the added
dsk before proceedng. However, durng the mgraton process, the data on the source
dsk s preserved.
After the Intel Matrx Storage Console has been successfully nstalled and the sys-
tem has rebooted, clck on the Intel Applcaton Accelerator shortcut lnk (Start --> All
Programs --> Intel Matrx Storage Manager --> Intel Matrx Storage Console) and the
followng wndow wll appear:
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MSI P55-CD45 series Specifications

General

Brand	MSI
Model	P55-CD45 series
Category	Motherboard
Language	English