Intel XP-M5S661GX user manual Creating RAID, Making the SATA RAID Driver Disk, English

5.3.Creating RAID 1

1.Upon re-boot, you will see the RAID software prompting you to press CTRL+S keys to enter the SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility. Press CTRL+S.

2.In the SiS RAID BIOS Setting Utility, press <R> to enter the RAID Setup utility.

3.In the RAID Setup window, press <A> to create RAID volume. Then, use number keys 1~3 to select a RAID type. Press 3 to select RAID 1 and then press <Enter>

4.Use <1> or <2> key to select Auto Create or Manual Create.

Manual Create allows you to assign the source disk.

5.W hen the prompt "Duplicate the SOURCE data to RAID disks?" appears, press Y or N as needed.

6.After the completion, you will see the RAID 1 array under the Current Created Raid list in the RAID Setup window.

5.4.Making the SATA RAID Driver Disk

For the RAID disks to be recognized correctly during Windows Setup process, you need to install the SiS 964 SATA RAID driver at the beginning of Windows Setup. The proce- dure below introduces how to make a floppy disk containing the RAID driver.

1.Insert the Axper motherboard driver CD to the CD-ROM drive in your system. Go to My Computer and right-click the CD-ROM icon to select Open.

2.In the BootDrv folder, double-click the Menu.exe file. Then a MS-DOS prompt screen will appear, presenting a list of SATA/RAID/SCSI controllers.

3.Select the RAID controller for your motherboard. (Example: select SiS 964 SATA for the XP-M5S661GX motherboard.) Then the driver file will be automatically copied and transferred to the floppy disk. Wait until it's done, then you can begin to install Windows operating system to the RAID disks.

5.5.Loading the SiS 964 Serial ATA Driver

1.Boot from the Windows Installation CD. Press <F6> as soon as you see the Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver message. Follow the on- screen instructions and supply the RAID driver with the floppy disk. Then proceed to complete the Windows installation and drivers installation.

(Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not have to be installed.)

For more details about SATA RAID configurations, please refer to the manual file in the motherboard

driver CD.

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