12. Type a name of your choice for your RAID volume and press
<Enter>.
Figure 2 - Name the RAID Volume (Advanced > Intel(R)
Rapid Storage Technology)
13. Go to RAID Level: and press <Enter>.
14. Choose the RAID Level required (see
press <Enter>.
• RAID 0 (Stripe)/RAID 1 (Mirror)/Recovery
15. Go to any of the disks listed under Select Disks: and select a
disk name and press <Enter>.
16. Move the cursor down (use the arrow keys) onto X (or select
the disk required) and press <Enter>.
If you have selected a Recovery level RAID then you
need to select one disk to be Master disk (M) and one
disk to be the Recovery disk (R).
17. You should select two identical disks to form your RAID volume.
18. If you have selected RAID 0 (Stripe) then you can adjust the
"Strip Size" to your requirements.
19. If you have selected Recovery then you can adjust the
Synchronization to "On Request" or "Continuous".
20. Go to Create Volume and press <Enter>.
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21. The RAID volume will then be created and the RAID information
Table 1 on page
5) and
22. Press <Esc> to exit the menu.
23. Press <F4> and <Yes> to "Save Changes and Reset".
24. Make sure the Windows 8.1 OS DVD is in the attached DVD
25. Press <F7> as the computer starts up to bring up the boot
26. Select the DVD drive containing the Windows 8.1 OS DVD and
Figure 3
27. Press a key at system startup to begin installing Windows from
Select
Disks
28. Click Next > Install Now to continue installing the operating
29. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Windows 8.1
30. Make sure you install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
will be displayed under Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology (in
the Advanced menu).
drive and as the computer starts up it will automatically boot
from the Windows 8.1 OS DVD (you will be prompted to press
a key to boot from the DVD).
device menu.
press <Enter>.
your Windows 8.1 OS DVD.
system as normal (see your Windows documentation if you
need help on installing the Windows OS).
operating system.
(IRST) driver.
Figure 4
RAID Informa-
tion (Advanced >
Intel(R) Rapid
Storage Technol-
ogy)