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Chapter 2: Installation

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2. Use the arrow keys to move to Advanced > Floppy/IDE/SATA Conﬁ guration >

nVidia RAID Setup and press the <Enter> key. Once in the submenu, enable the

"nVidia RAID Function" setting.

3. Hit the <F10> key to "Save Changes and Exit", then hit <Enter> to verify.

4. After exiting the BIOS Setup Utility, the system will reboot. When prompted

during the startup, press the <F10> key when prompted to run the nVidia RAID

Utility program.

Using the nVidia RAID Utility

The nVidia RAID Utility program is where you can deﬁ ne the drives you want to

include in the RAID array and the mode and type of RAID. Two main windows are

shown in the utility (see Figure 2-5). The "Free Disks" window on the left will list all

available drives. Use the arrow keys to select and move drives to the window on

the right, which lists all drives that are to become part of the RAID array.

Once you have ﬁ nished selecting the drives and type of RAID you wish to use for

your RAID array, press the <F7> key. You will be prompted to verify your choice; if

you want to continue with your choices, select "Yes". Note that selecting "Yes" will

clear all previous data from the drives you selected to be a part of the array. You

are then given the choice of making the RAID array bootable by pressing the the

<B> key. After you have ﬁ nshed, press the <Ctrl> and <X> keys simultaneously.

Figure 2-6 shows a list of arrays that have been set up with the utility.

Installing the OS and Drivers

With the Windows OS installation CD in the CD-ROM drive, restart the system.

When you see the prompt, hit the <F6> key to enter Windows setup. Eventually a

blue screen will appear with a message that begins "Windows could not determine

the type of one or more storage devices . . ." When you see the screen, hit the <S>

key to "Specify Additional Device", then insert the driver diskette you just created

into the ﬂ oppy drive. Highlight "Manufuacturer Supplied Hardware Support Disk"

and hit the <Enter> key. Highlight the ﬁ rst "nVidia RAID" driver shown and press

the <Enter> key to install it. Soon a similar blue screen will appear again. Again hit

the <S> key, then highlight the second item, "nForce Storage Controller" and press

the <Enter> key, then <Enter> again to continue with the Windows setup.

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