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Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array

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5-5 Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array This section assumes the following setup : ■ Boot Disk with Windows XP installed : One hard disk HDS728080PLAT20 (80GB) is connected to the IDE channel, and set to Master. ■ A Mirrored RAID Array Disk : Two SATA hard disks are configured as a mirrored RAID1 array, they are : Hitachi HDT725025VLA, (232.88GB) connected to SATA port2 of the motherboard. Segate ST3320620AS, (298.09GB) connected to SATA port4. ■ A SATA DVD Drive : A DVD drive connected to SATA port1. WARNING! To achieve the best performance and reliability, we highly recommend you using the hard disks with the same brand, size and model number. Though we are using different brand of hard disks as an example here, the purpose is only for easy understanding. 1. Reboot your system, and go to "MCP SATA Mode" menu. Enable the RAID function together with the SATA ports which have the hard disks and DVD drive connected. Press [F10] to save the settings and reboot. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility MCP SATA Mode SATA Operation Mode SATA Pri-Master RAID SATA Pri-Slave RAID SATA Sec-Master RAID SATA Sec-Slave RAID [RAID] Item Help [Enabled] [Enabled] Menu Level ► [Enabled] [Enabled] 5 Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults 98

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5-5 Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array
This section assumes the following setup :
Boot Disk with Windows XP installed :
One hard disk HDS728080PLAT20 (80GB) is connected to the IDE channel, and set
to Master.
A Mirrored
RAID Array Disk :
Two SATA hard disks are configured as a mirrored RAID1 array, they are :
Hitachi HDT725025VLA, (232.88GB) connected to SATA port2 of the motherboard.
Segate ST3320620AS, (298.09GB) connected to SATA port4.
A
SATA DVD Drive :
A DVD drive connected to SATA port1.
1. Reboot your system, and go to "MCP SATA Mode" menu.
Enable the RAID function together with the SATA ports which have the hard disks
and DVD drive connected. Press [F10] to save the settings and reboot.
To achieve the best performance and reliability, we highly recommend you
using the hard disks with the same brand, size and model number. Though
we are using different brand of hard disks as an example here, the purpose
is only for easy understanding.
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Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
MCP SATA Mode
SATA Operation Mode
[RAID]
Item Help
SATA Pri-Master
RAID
[Enabled]
SATA Pri-Slave
RAID
[Enabled]
Menu Level
SATA Sec-Master
RAID
[Enabled]
SATA Sec-Slave
RAID
[Enabled]
↑↓→←:Move
Enter:Select
+/-/PU/PD:Value
F10:Save
ESC:Exit
F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values
F7:Optimized Defaults
RAID