Intel® Optane™ Setup
Intel® Optane™ is a combination of a compatible mem-
ory device and Intel Rapid Storage Technology soft-
ware. This combination is designed to speed up your
system performance by caching boot data, executables,
frequently accessed data and system page files to a non
volatile, low latency Intel® Optane™ SSD. Contact your
distributor or supplier to see if your system supports this
technology.
Intel® Optane™ Setup Procedure
You need to setup Intel
Optane™ before installing your
®
Windows 10 operating system, and you will need to pre-
pare the following in order to do so.
• The Microsoft Windows 10 OS on a DVD or USB flash
drive
• An Intel® Optane™ SSD installed in your system.
• The Device Drivers & Utilities + User's Manual disc.
• A USB flash drive.
• An operable computer (to copy files from the Device Driv-
ers & Utilities + User's Manual disc to the USB flash
drive).
1. Go to the operable computer and insert a USB flash drive.
2. Insert the Device Drivers & Utilities + User's Manual disc into
the CD/DVD drive of the operable computer.
3. Copy the f6vmdflpy-x64 folder from the location below (D:
denotes your DVD drive) on the Device Drivers & Utilities +
User's Manual disc to the USB flash drive.
• D:\Options\RAID\f6vmdflpy-x64
4. Start-up your notebook computer and press F2 to enter the BIOS
and go to the Setup Utility.
5. Select the Advanced menu.
6. Select SATA Mode, press Enter and select Intel RST
Premium... and select <OK>.
7. Press F10 to "Save and Exit" and select <Yes>, however note
below.
• Make sure the Windows 10 OS (DVD) is in the attached DVD
drive or on a USB flash drive and as the computer starts up it
will automatically boot from the Windows 10 OS DVD or USB
flash drive.
8. Click Next > Install Now to continue installing the operating
system as normal (see your Windows documentation if you
need help on installing the Windows OS).
9. Select Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).
10. Windows will display a message stating that "We couldn't find
any drives. To get a storage driver, click Load driver."
11. Click Browse and browse to the location you copied the files to
on your USB flash drive (X: denotes your USB flash drive):
• X:\f6vmdflpy-x64
12. Two drivers will appear in the list, and you will need to select both
drivers (hold down the shift key while left-clicking the driver
names). Click Next.
13. It is recommended that you select and then delete existing
partitions.
14. Click New to create a partition for Windows.
15. It is very important to make sure that when you create the
partition, leave at least a minimum of unallocated space of 5MB.
This space is required for any drive that is being accelerated
(System or Data Drive).
16. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Windows 10
operating system.
17. Install the Windows drivers (see
the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) driver.
19). Make sure you install
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