Intel Desktop Board DQ35MP Product Guide
Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software
1.Begin Windows Setup by booting from the Windows installation CD.
2.If you will be using Microsoft Windows XP, press <F6> at the beginning of Windows Setup to install a
diskette labeled Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Driver into a USB floppy drive. Install the Intel® ICH9 SATA RAID Controller driver.
or
If you will be using Microsoft Windows Vista, follow the setup installation steps until you reach the section "Where do you want to install Windows?". Click on the "Load Drivers" option and insert the Intel Express Installer CD/DVD into your optical drive or insert the diskette labeled Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Driver into a USB floppy drive. Select to install the Intel ICH9 SATA RAID Controller driver.
3.Finish the Windows installation and install all necessary drivers.
4.Install the Intel Matrix Storage Console software via the Intel Express Installer CD/DVD included with your desktop board or after downloading it from the Internet at http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/. The Intel Matrix Storage Console software can be used to manage the RAID configuration.
Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System
The Intel Matrix Storage Technology Console software offers the flexibility to upgrade from a single Serial ATA drive to RAID without reinstalling the operating system, when a second SATA hard drive is added to the system.
Follow the steps described in the headings from this section: "Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology" and "Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software".
Once additional SATA drives have been added, open the Intel Matrix Storage Technology Console Software and follow the directions to update to a RAID setup.
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