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Exit Intel RAID Option ROM, and then reboot to Windows system.
When prompted to rebuild the RAID volume, click ‘Yes’.
The Intel Rapid Storage Technology application will be launched. Right-click the new hard drive and select ‘Rebuild to this Disk’. The ‘Rebuild Wizard’ will be launched which will guide you through the process of rebuilding to the new hard drive.
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System Acceleration (optional)
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology use a SSD as a cache. Which can store frequently used data without having to use a slow virtual disk or depend on RAM. The SSD cache  with the advantages of high-speed read/write and non-volatile memory to accelerate the system performance.
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Check your SSD manufacturer's website, upgrade firmware in order to support Intel® 
Rapid Storage Technology.
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology can only work with RAID mode. Even though there is only one hard drive, you must set the SATA Mode to RAID in BIOS. The OS must be installed in the RAID ready disk in order to use the SSD caching.
Follow these steps to enable system acceleration. If Windows has been installed in RAID mode, skip to the step 5.
Reboot and enter the BIOS steup.
Set the SATA Mode to RAID in BIOS.
Install Intel® RAID controller driver. Please refer to the section "Installing Driver".
Install Windows operating system.
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Connect the SSD.
Reboot the system to Windows.
Insert the MSI DVD into the DVD-ROM drive.
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Click the “STORAGE” on the Setup screen.9.
Click the "Intel RAID Driver" to install Intel® Rapid Storage Technology application.10.
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Run Intel® Rapid Storage Technology application.
Click "Enable acceleration" under Accelerate.
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Select the acceleration options.13.
Click OK and reboot the system.
The page refreshes and reports the new acceleration configuration in the Acceleration View.
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You can click “More help on this page” or "More help" of the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology application to view more information.
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RST Synchronization (optional)
If you are using Maximized mode as the Acceleration mode, the data on the hard disk is not always synchronized with the data in the SSD cache. In some situations, you may want to manually sync the disks for avoiding data loss.
Follow these steps to sync manually.
Reboot system, during the Power-On Self Test (POST) press, press  and  keys simultaneously to enter the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM.
Select option 5 “Acceleration Options” and press  key. The following screen appears.
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[                                     ]ACCELERATION OPTIONS
[             ]HELP
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Press 's' to synchronize data from the cache device tothe Accelerated Disk/Volume.
Press 'r' to remove the Disk/Volume Acceleration.
WARNING: IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU [ERFORM A SYNCHRONIZATIONBEFORE REMOVING ACCELERATION.
[ ↑↓] - Select               [ESC] - Previous Menu   
TypeCapacityStatusDISK PORT 0Non-RAID Disk153.4GBModeMaximizedNo Sync
Press  to synchronize data.3.
[                                     ]ACCELERATION OPTIONSNameTypeCapacityStatusDISK PORT 0Non-RAID Disk153.4GBModeMaximizedIn Sync
DISK / VOLUME INFORMATION[                                                ]5.       ExitSYNCHRONIZING THE DATA MAY TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES.DO NOT INTERRUPT THE PROCESS!
[                                                               ]SYNCHRONIZATION VERIFICATION
Are you sure you want to synchronize data to"DISK PORT 0"? (Y/N):
When prompted, press  to confirm.4.
Once synchronization is complete, the status will change to In Sync.5.