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  • ASRock B660M-HDV | Intel Rapid Storage Guide - Page 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
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    Installation Instructions 1. Download the Intel Rapid Storage Technology software from Intel website. Save the file to a known location on your computer's hard drive. 2. Locate the file on
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    6. Read the license agreement and click Yes to accept the terms and continue. 7. Click Next. The application files will now be installed. 3
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    8. Click Next. 9. Click Yes to the restart option and then click Finish to restart your computer. 4
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    10. Restart your system. You will find the "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon on the Windows task bar. 5
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    Create a RAID Array 1. Double-click "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" icon, then below main screen appears. 2. Click the "Create" icon to create a RAID array. Here we take RAID 1 for example. 3. In "Select Volume Type", click "Real-time data protection (RAID 1)". Click "Next". 6
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    4. In "Configure Volume", you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID disks, and then specify the volume size. Click "Next". 5. In "Confirm Volume Creation", you may review the selected configuration. Then click "Create Volume". 7
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    6. The volume is created successfully. But you still need to partition your new volume by using Windows Desk Management before adding any data. Click "OK". 7. You will see the current status. 8
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    8. In Windows Desk Management, you need to initialize a disk before Logical Disk Management can access it. Click "OK". 9. Right-click on Disk 0, click "New Simple Volume". 9
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    10. Then follow the instructions on the New Simple Volume Wizard. 11. Finally you can start to use RAID 1 function. 10
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    Delete a RAID Array You can also use this utility to delete the RAID array or configure other RAID functions. 11
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    system setup. The F6 installation method is not required for Microsoft Windows 7 or Note Microsoft Windows 8. Enable RAID in System BIOS Use the instructions included with your motherboard to enable RAID in the system BIOS. 1. Click F2 or Delete to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power
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    immediately after pressing F6. Setup will temporarily continue loading drivers. You will then be prompted Note with a screen asking you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. Press S to Specify Additional Device. 3. When you see a prompt that says, Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer
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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 setup has copied these files again, remove the floppy disk so that Windows setup can reboot as needed. 7. During Windows
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    RAID controller card. • Your RAID controller is enabled. If your RAID controller is not enabled, enabling the RAID controller is not recommended or supported when a SATA hard drive is the boot Warning drive. Enabling the RAID controller may cause an immediate blue screen with an 0x0000007b error
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    immediately after pressing F6. Setup will Note temporarily continue loading drivers. You will then be prompted with a screen asking you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. Press S to Specify Additional Device. 3. When you see a prompt that says, Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer
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    4. Press Enter. 5. Select your controller from the list of available SCSI adapters. Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the list as all controllers may not be visible. 6. Press Enter to confirm your controller and continue. At this point, you have successfully installed the Intel Rapid
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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:
RAID 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.