Gigabyte GA-Z77N-WIFI User Guide

Intel Rapid Start Technology

A. System Requirements

Windows 7 with SP1

1.

An SSD with size larger than the total system memory

2.

Intel Rapid Start Technology enabled in BIOS Setup

3.

AHCI/RAID mode supported (please note if the SSD has been assigned as a member of a RAID array, it

4.

cannot be used to set up Intel Rapid Start store partition); IDE mode not supported

All motherboard drivers correctly installed

5.

B. Creating a Primary Store Partition

Below it is assumed Windows 7 is already installed on the SATA hard drive.

Open Disk Management Tool

Step 1:

Go to Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools > Computer Management >Storage

> Disk Management.

Step 2:

Step 3:

Enter the size of the required partition (it should be at least equal to the size of the memory

currently installed on the system. (1 GB=1024 MB. For example, to set 8 GB, enter 8192 MB). The

recommendation is to create a partition equal to the maximum memory capacity supported on the

system, in order to take care of future memory upgrade scenarios.)

Step 4:

When completed, click

Shrink

. (Figure 2)

C. Launching DiskPart Disk Partitioning Tool to Set up Intel Rapid Start Store Partition

Open the command prompt window and run diskpart.exe (enter "

diskpart

" at the C:\> command prompt

and press <Enter>). At the diskpart prompt, type the following commands in sequence. Note: The commands for

MBR format and GPT format are different. Refer to the commands below. After entering all of the commands,

be sure to restart your computer.

MBR format:

DISKPART>list disk

(Lists the disks and information about them)

DISKPART>select disk X

(Selects a disk. "

X

" is the disk number where you

want to create the store partition. Refer to results from

"

list disk

" for the exact disk number)

DISKPART>create partition primary

(Create the primary store partition)

Figure 2

Figure 1