Intel Desktop Board DP67BG Product Guide
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Loading the Intel Rapid Storage Technology
RAID Drivers and Software (Required for
Microsoft Windows XP Installation)
1. Begin Windows Setup by booting from the Windows installation CD.
2. At the beginning of Windows Setup, press <F6> to install a third-party SCSI or
RAID driver. When prompted, insert the diskette that contains the Intel Rapid
Storage Technology RAID Driver in a USB floppy disk drive. Refer to
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916196/en-us
for information on supported USB
floppy disk drives. Install the Intel
®
SATA RAID Controller driver.
3. Finish the Windows installation and install all necessary drivers.
4. Install the Intel Rapid Storage Console software via the Intel Express Installer CD
included with your Desktop Board or after downloading it from the Internet at
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/
. The Intel Rapid Storage
Console software can be used to manage the RAID configuration.
Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System
The Intel Rapid Storage Technology Console software offers the flexibility to upgrade
from a single Serial ATA drive to RAID without reinstalling the operating system, when
a second SATA hard drive is added to the system.
Follow the steps described above in: "Configuring the BIOS" and "Loading the Intel
Rapid Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software."
Once additional SATA drives have been added to the system, open the Intel Rapid
Storage Technology Console Software and follow the directions to update to a RAID
setup.
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