Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 7 Pro Unique Features Introduction - Page 19

XHD With GIGABYTE XHD (Note 1), users can quickly configure a RAID-ready system for RAID 0 when a new SATA drive is added. All with a simple click of a button, XHD helps to enhance your hard drive read/write performance without the need for complex and time-consuming configurations. A. System Requirements 1. An Intel® Chipset motherboard supporting RAID 2. Intel® SATA controllers set to RAID mode 3. Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility installed 4. Intel® SATA controller driver installed 5. The new drive must have equal or greater capacity than the system drive. B. Using XHD Select XHD and click Create RAID 0 based on your need (Note 2). (Note 1) The XHD utility only supports the SATA connectors controlled by the Intel® Chipset. (Note 2) Except for the operating system drive, all data on other hard drive will be deleted. Back up your data before using the XHD utility. - 19 -