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  • ASRock X99 WS | Intel Rapid Storage Guide - Page 1
    Guide to Intel Rapid Storage Overview I nt el® Rapid St orage Technology provides new levels of prot ect ion, perform ance, and expandability for desktop and m
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    I nstallation I nstructions 1. Download t he I nt el Rapid St orage Technology soft ware from I nt el websit e. Save the file to a known location on your com puter's hard drive. 2. Locat e t he file on your hard drive and double- click it . 3. Click Con t in u e ( if needed) t o launch t he inst
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    6. Read t he license agreem ent and click Ye s t o accept t he t erm s and cont inue. 7. Click N e x t . The applicat ion files will now be inst alled. 3
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    8. Click N e x t . 9. Click Ye s t o t he rest art opt ion and t hen click Fin ish t o rest art your com puter. 4
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    10. Rest art your syst em . You will find t he " I nt el Rapid St orage Technology" icon on the Windows task bar. 5
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    Cr ea t e a RAI D Ar ra y 1. Double- click " I nt el Rapid St orage Technology" icon, t hen below m ain screen ap p ear s. 2. Click t he " Creat e" icon t o creat e a RAI D array. Here we t ake RAI D 1 for ex am ple. 3. I n " Select Volum e Type" , click " Real- t im e dat a prot ect ion ( RAI D 1)
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    4. I n " Configure Volum e" , you need t o key- in t he Volum e Nam e wit h 1- 16 let t ers, select t he RAI D disks, and t hen specify t he volum e size. Click " Next " . 5. I n " Confirm Volum e Creat ion" , you m ay review t he select ed configurat ion. Then click " Creat e Volum e" . 7
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    6. The volum e is creat ed successfully. But you st ill need t o part it ion your new volum e by using Windows Desk Managem ent before adding any dat a. Click " OK" . 7. You will see t he current st at us. 8
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    8. I n Windows Desk Managem ent , you need t o init ialize a disk before Logical Disk Managem ent can access it . Click " OK" . 9. Right - click on Disk 0, click " New Sim ple Volum e" . 9
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    10. Then follow t he inst ruct ions on t he New Sim ple Volum e Wizard. 11. Finally you can st art t o use RAI D 1 funct ion. 10
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    Delete a RAI D Array You can also use t his ut ilit y t o delet e t he RAI D array or configure ot her RAI D f u n ct ion s. 11
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    , a RAI D volum e m ust be creat ed, and t he F6 inst allat ion m et hod m ust be used t o load t he I nt el® Rapid St orage Technology driver during operat ing syst em set up. The F6 inst allat ion m et hod is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. Enable
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    . Not hing will happen im m ediat ely aft er pressing F6. Set up will t em porarily cont inue loading drivers. You will t hen be prom pt ed Note with a screen asking you to load support for m ass storage device( s). 2. Press S t o Spe cify Addit iona l D e vice . 3. When you see a prom pt t hat says
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    the floppy disk in the floppy drive until the system reboots. Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy to the Windows installation folders. Once Windows set up has copied t hese files again, rem ove t he floppy disk so t hat Windows set up can reboot as needed. 7. During
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    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
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    will happen im m ediat ely aft er pressing F6. Set up will N ot e t em porarily cont inue loading drivers. You will t hen be prom pt ed wit h a screen asking you to load support for m ass storage device(s) . 2. Press S t o Spe cify Addit iona l D e vice . 3. When you see a prom pt t hat says, Please
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    le. 6. Press En t e r t o confirm your cont roller and cont inue. At t his point , you have successfully inst alled t he I nt el Rapid St orage Technology driver and Windows set up should cont inue. Leave t he floppy disk in t he floppy drive until the system reboots. Windows setup will need to copy
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1
Guide to Intel Rapid Storage
Overview
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology provides new levels of protection, performance,
and expandability for desktop and mobile platforms. Whether using one or multiple
hard drives, users can take advantage of enhanced performance and lower power
consumption. When using more than one drive, the user can have additional
protection against data loss in the event of a hard drive failure.
Starting with version 9.5, a brand new user interface makes creating and managing
your storage simple and intuitive. Combined with Intel® Rapid Recover Technology,
setting up data protection can be accomplished easily with an external drive.
Valuable digital memories are protected against a hard drive failure when the
system is configured for any one of three fault-tolerant RAID levels:
RAI D 1
,
RAID 5
,
and
RAID 10
. By seamlessly storing copies of data on one or more additional hard
drives, any hard drive can fail without data loss or system downtime. When the
failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed, data fault
tolerance is easily restored.
Intel Rapid Storage Technology can also improve the performance of disk intensive
retrieval applications such as editing home video. By combining from two to six
drives in a
RAID 0
configuration, data can be accessed on each drive simultaneously,
speeding up response time on data-intensive applications. Also, due to drive load
balancing, even systems with RAID 1 can take advantage of faster boot times and
data reads.
Intel Rapid Storage Technology provides benefits to users of a single drive as well.
Through
AHCI
, storage performance is improved through
Native Command Queuing
(NCQ). AHCI also delivers longer battery life with Link Power Management (LPM),
which can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard
drive.