MSI 945p Neo2 H Manual

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(3) Reset Disks to Non-RAID
Select option 3 Reset Disks to Non-RAID and press  to delete the RAID
volume and remove any RAID structures from the drives. The following screen
appears:
Press  key to accept the selection.MSI Reminds You...
1. You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID
structures when you perform this operation.
2. Possible reasons to ‘Reset Disks to Non-RAID’ could include issues
such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or
failed disk. 
						

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Install Driver in Windows XP / 2000
† New Windows XP / 2000 Installation
     The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows XP /
2000.
1.Start the installation:
Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 when the message Press F6 if  you need
to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears.
2.When the Windows XP Setup window is generated, press S to specify an
Additional Device(s).
3.Insert the driver diskette Intel IAA RAID XP Driver For ICH7R (NH82801GR)
into drive A: and press .
4.Choose the driver Intel(R) 82801GR SATA RAID Controller from the drop-
down list that appears on Windows XP Setup screen, and press the 
key.
5.Press  to continue with installation or if you need to specify any
additional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are
specified, press  to continue with installation.
6.From the Windows XP/2000 Setup screen, press the  key. Setup will
now load all device files and then continue the Windows XP/2000 installation.
†  Existing Windows XP/2000 Driver Installation
1.Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2.The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear.
3.Under the Driver tab, click on Intel IAA RAID Edition.
4.The drivers will be automatically installed.
†  Confirming Windows XP/2000 Driver Installation
1.From Windows XP/2000, open the Control Panel from My Computer fol-
lowed by the System icon.
2.Choose the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager tab.
3.Click the + in front of the SCSI and RAID Controllers hardware type. The
driver Intel(R) NH82801GR SATAII RAID Controller should appear.Installing Software 
						

							5-9Introduction to Intel ICH7R SATA RAIDInstallation of Intel Matrix Stroage Console
The Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition driver may be used to operate
the hard drive from which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains impor-
tant data. For this reason, you cannot remove or un-install this driver from the system
after installation; however, you will have the ability to un-install all other non-driver
components.
Insert the MSI CD and click on the Intel IAA RAID Edition to install the software.Click on this item 
						

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The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as
following:
Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window. 
						

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After reading the license agreement in the following window, click Yes button to
continue.The window shows the components to be installed. Click Next button to continue. 
						

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Select the folder in which you want the program to be installed in the following
window, and click Next button to start installation.Select a program folder in the following window where you want Setup to add the
program icon. 
						

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Once the installation is complete, the following window appears. The following window appears to show the Intel Application Accelerator RAID
Edition Setup installation status. 
						

							5-14 MS-7176 ATX MainboardRAID Migration Instructions
The Intel Matrix Storage Console offers the flexibility to upgrade from a single
Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive to RAID configuration when an additional SATA hard
drive is added to the system. This process will create a new RAID volume from an
existing disk. However, several important steps must be followed at the time the
system is first configured in order to take advantage of RAID when upgrading to a
second SATA hard drive:
1.BIOS must be configured for RAID before installing Windows XP on the
single SATA hard drive. Refer to On Chip SATA Setting for properly
setting of the BIOS.
2.Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver during Windows Setup.
Refer to Installing Software for instructions on installing the driver
during Windows Setup.
3.Install the Intel Matrix Storage Console after the operating system is installed.
To create a volume from an existing disk, complete the following steps:
After the Intel Matrix Storage Console has been successfully installed and
the system has rebooted, click on the Intel Application Accelerator shortcut link (Start
--> All Programs --> Intel Matrix Storage Manager --> Intel Matrix Storage
Console) and the following window will appear:MSI Reminds You...
A Create from Existing Disk operation will delete all existing data
from the added disk and the data cannot be recovered. It is critical to
backup all important data on the added disk before proceeding. However,
during the migration process, the data on the source disk is preserved. 
						

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Create RAID Volume from Existing Disk
To create a RAID volume from an existing disk, choose Action --> Create
RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive.The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead
you for the following procedure. Click Next to continue. 
						

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(1) Step 1: Configure Volume
Here you can configure the new RAID volume by entering the volume name,
selecting the RAID level and strip size.† RAID Volume Name:
A desired RAID volume name needs to be typed in where the ‘RAID_Volume1’ text
currently appears above. The RAID volume name has a maximum limit of 16 characters.
The RAID volume name must also be in English alphanumeric ASCII characters.
† RAID Level:
Select the desired RAID level:
RAID 0 (Performance) –A volume optimized for performance will allow you to
access your data more quickly.
RAID 1 (Redundancy) –A volume optimized for data redundancy will provide
you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data. Note:
Only half of the available volume space will be avail-
able for data storage.
RAID 5 (Useful) –RAID 5 can be used on three or more disks, with zero
or more spare-disks. The resulting RAID-5 device size
will be (N-1)*S, where N is the how many drive, S is the
size of the smallest drive in the array. If one of the disks
fail, all data are still intact. It can rebuild the disk from
the parity information. If spare disks are available,
reconstruction will begin immediately after the device
failure. If two disks fail simultaneously, all data are lost.
RAID-5 can survive one disk failure, but not two or
more. Both read and write performance usually
increase, but can be hard to predict how much. Reads
are similar to RAID-0 reads, writes can be either rather