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Installing the RAID drivers, To install a RAID driver under Windows Vista

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English 72 5 Advanced hardware setup • Rebuild the array - Press R then use the arrow keys to select the disk to rebuild and then press F7. • Delete the array - Press D then press Y at the prompt. • Clear the MBR - Press C then press Y at the prompt. • Remove the volume - Press V, then use the arrow keys to select the disk volume to remove and then press F7. For Mirroring (RAID 1), single-disk Stripe (RAID 0), and single-disk Spanning arrays, removing a volume is a way to remove a disk from an array and convert it to a basic disk without deleting any data. In Mirroring array, the array becomes degraded (if there are still disks in the array) and must be rebuilt. The Remove Vol option is not available with systems that do not support NVIDIA's RAID pass-through disk management. d Press Enter to go back to the previous screen. e Press F10 to save the configuration and exit. 3 Install the RAID drivers. See page 72. 4 Initialize the RAID array. Perform step 5 of the "To create a non-bootable RAID array using the RAID BIOS" section. Installing the RAID drivers To install a RAID driver under Windows Vista: 1 After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the Windows CD. 2 Click Install Now then continue the installation process until you get to the Which type of installation do you want screen. 3 Click Custom (advanced). 4 Click Load Driver. 5 At the Load Driver dialog box, click Browse then navigate to the folder containing the installation files. 6 Select NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller, then click Next. 7 Click Load Driver. 8 At the Load Driver dialog box, click Browse then navigate to the folder containing the installation files. 9 Select NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller, then click Next. Note: You do not need to install the nForce RAID Device. Windows handles it automatically as part of the RAID and SATA controller installation process.

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5 Advanced hardware setup
72
English
•
Rebuild the array - Press
R
then use the arrow keys to select the
disk to rebuild and then press
F7
.
•
Delete the array - Press
D
then press
Y
at the prompt.
•
Clear the MBR - Press
C
then press
Y
at the prompt.
•
Remove the volume - Press
V
, then use the arrow keys to select
the disk volume to remove and then press
F7
.
For Mirroring (RAID 1), single-disk Stripe (RAID 0), and single-disk
Spanning arrays, removing a volume is a way to remove a disk
from an array and convert it to a basic disk without deleting any
data. In Mirroring array, the array becomes degraded (if there
are still disks in the array) and must be rebuilt.
The Remove Vol option is not available with systems that do not
support NVIDIA’s RAID pass-through disk management.
d
Press
Enter
to go back to the previous screen.
e
Press
F10
to save the configuration and exit.
3
Install the RAID drivers. See page 72.
4
Initialize the RAID array. Perform step 5 of the “To create a non-bootable
RAID array using the RAID BIOS” section.
Installing the RAID drivers
To install a RAID driver under Windows Vista:
1
After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the Windows CD.
2
Click
Install Now
then continue the installation process until you get to the
Which type of installation do you want screen.
3
Click
Custom (advanced)
.
4
Click
Load Driver
.
5
At the Load Driver
dialog box, click
Browse
then navigate to the folder
containing the installation files.
6
Select
NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller
, then click
Next
.
7
Click
Load Driver
.
8
At the Load Driver
dialog box, click
Browse
then navigate to the folder
containing the installation files.
9
Select
NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
, then click
Next
.
Note:
You do not need to install the nForce RAID Device. Windows handles
it automatically as part of the RAID and SATA controller installation process.