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Quick Start Guide
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This Quick Start guide is for configuring a non-bootable NVRAID for the first time
under Windows XP. Refer to the NVRAID manual for information on how to
configure a bootable NVRAID.
Setting Up a Non-Bootable
RAID Array
Choose the hard disks that are to be RAID enabled in the system BIOS.
Run the Windows ForceWare™ Setup application and install the RAID
software.
Configure the RAID 0 array using the NVRAIDMAN.
Initialize the NVRAID array disks.
Quick Start Guide for
NVRAID
Choose the Hard Disks to be RAID-Enabled in the System
BIOS
The following steps assume you are booting from a parallel ATA hard drive, and
want to do RAID0 on two serial ATA hard drives.
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Setting Up BIOS
1. Start your computer, and then press
The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility window displays.
Delete
to enter the BIOS setup.
Figure 1. BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Window
2. Use the arrow keys to select
The Integrated Peripherals window is displayed.
Integrated Peripherals
, and then press
Enter.
Figure 2. Integrated Peripherals Window
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3. Use the arrow keys to select
Config
window is displayed.
RAID Conifg
, and then press
Enter
. The
RAID
Figure 3. RAID Config Window
4. From the
5. Enable the disks that you want to use as RAID disks. In this example you
need to enable the SATA ports that are connected to your hard drives.
6. Press
7. The PC reboots.
RAID Config
F10
to save the configuration and exit.
window, enable
RAID
.
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Run Windows ForceWare Setup Application and Install the
RAID Software
After enabling the drives in the system BIOS that are RAID-enabled, boot into
Windows and install the RAID software.
Setup
Launch nForce ForceWare by double clicking on
Windows nForce Drivers window (Figure 4).
to display the NVIDIA
Figure 4. NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers
Make sure that the
Next
and follow the instructions. When the installation is complete, reboot the PC.
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is selected as shown in Figure 4. Click on
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Configure the RAID 0 Array Using the NVRAIDMAN
Do the following after the NVRAID drivers have been installed and the PC has
been rebooted.
1. Click on
2. Select
Figure 5.
StartÎProgramsÎ NVIDIA CorporationÎRAID Manager.
RAID Manager
nvraid
to display the
nvraid
screen (Figure 5).
Configuration Screen
3. Click
Create Array
to display the
NVIDIA Create Array Wizard
window.
Figure 6. NVIDIA Create Array Wizard Opening Screen
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4. Click on
Next>
.
Figure 7. RAID Array Selection
5. Click on
Figure 8.
Mirroring
and select
Striping
from the dropdown list, as shown in
Figure 8. RAID Array Selection
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6. Leave the
Stripe Size
set to 64 K as shown in Figure 8 and click on
The following screen should be displayed.
Figure 9. Free Disk Selection
Next
.
7. Select the
drivers
that you want to use for the two disk strip set by clicking to
the left of the name of each drive as shown in the following screen shot.
Figure 10. Drivers Selected
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8. Click
9. Click
10. Click
Next
.
Next
again.
Finish.
The following screen is displayed.
Figure 11. Two Disk Striped Array
You now have a two disk striped array with a total size of 153.38 GB. However, the
array can not be used yet since you need to create a partition and format that
partition. See Initialize NVRAID Array Disks in the next paragraph.
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Initialize NVRAID Array Disks
Now that the two-disk array has been created, it needs to be partitioned and
formatted.
1. Click on
StartÎSettingsÎ Control Panel
2. Double click on
3. Double click on
4. Click on
Disk Management.
Administrative Tools
Computer Management
.
The following screen is displayed.
.
Figure 12. Disk Management
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5. The 153.38 GB is for the two disk striped array that was created earlier. To
create a partition on it, right click on the
New Partition….
Unallocated partition
and select
Figure 13. Creating a New Partition
6. Follow the Wizard for setting up and formatting the partition. Once that is
done, you can start using the newly created stripped array.
7.
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