ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer/3.1 Intel Rapid Storage Guide - Page 15

W hat if I w ant to use RAI D but m y OS is already installed? I f your operat ing syst em is already inst alled, you can st ill use RAI D as long as t he following conditions are m et: • Your syst em has a RAI D I / O cont roller hub ( I CH) . I f your syst em does not have a RAI D I CH, you will not be able t o use RAI D Note wit hout inst alling a t hird- part y RAI D cont roller card. • Your RAI D cont roller is enabled. I f your RAI D cont roller is not enabled, enabling t he RAI D cont roller is not recom m ended or support ed when a SATA hard drive is t he boot W a r ning drive. Enabling t he RAI D cont roller m ay cause an im m ediat e blue screen with an 0x0000007b error code, followed by a reboot. I f you wish to enable it, you will need to reinstall the operating system . I f bot h of t he above condit ions are m et , use t he following st eps t o creat e a RAI D volum e. 1. I nst all I nt el® Rapid St orage Technology. 2. Turn off t he syst em and inst all one or m ore addit ional hard drives. 3. Turn on t he syst em . 4. Use t he I nt el Rapid St orage Technology user int erface t o creat e a RAI D volum e. You can m igrat e t he dat a from a single hard drive on your syst em t o a RAI D volum e t hat includes t hat hard drive plus t he newly added hard drive( s) . You can also creat e a new RAI D volum e using t he newly added hard d r iv es. 15