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Installing a new Windows XP Vista in a brand new RAID, Existing Windows XP Vista system with new
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5 Installing a new Windows XP (Vista) in a brand new RAID system. 1. Follow 5-1 to create a RAID driver diskette. (Windows Vista has in-box driver by its own and can skip this step). 2. Follow 5-2 to set BIOS setting "SATA Mode" to RAID or AHCI. 3. Follow 5-3 to create RAID in BIOS. 4. Follow 5-4 to Install Windows Operating System. What kinds of hardware and software you need here : 1. A floppy drive. 2. A CD-ROM drive. 3. Several SATA hard disks. 4. A RAID driver diskette. 5. A motherboard driver CD. 6. Windows XP or Vista Install CD. Existing Windows XP (Vista) system with new RAID built as data storage. Follow 5-5 to go through the processes to build a new RAID data storage in your existing Windows XP system, it includes : 1. Copy RAID driver setup program to your hard disk. (Vista can skip) 2. Follow 5-2 to set BIOS setting "SATA Mode" to RAID or AHCI. 3. Follow 5-3 to create RAID in BIOS. 4. Run setup program to install Intel® Matrix Storage Manager driver into your current Windows XP system. (Vista can skip this step) 5. Format new RAID partitions. What kinds of hardware and software you need here : 1. A CD-ROM drive. 2. Several SATA hard disks. 3. A motherboard driver CD. 65