This action adds the drive to the disk array. The Total Drv section will show the number of disks assigned. 5. Press + keys to save the information. The window below will appear. Fast Initialization option has been selected It will erase the MBR data of the disk. Figure 6 6. Press + to clear the MBR or press other keys to ignore this option. Then, the window below will appear. Press Ctrl-Y to Modify Array Capacity or press any other key to use maximum capacity... Figure 7 7. Press + to set the capacity of the RAID array or press other keys to set the array to its maximum capacity. 8. After the creation is complete, the screen will return to Define LD Menu where you will see the newly-created array. 9. Press to return to Main Menu and press again if you want to exit the RAID BIOS utility. View Drive Assignments The View Drive Assignments option in the Main Menu displays whether drives attached to the AMD SB750 controller are assigned to a disk array or are unassigned. Under the Assignment column, drives are labeled with their assigned disk array or shown as Free if unassigned. [.] Up [.] Down [ESC] Exit [Ctrl+H] Secure Erase [PgUp/Dn] Page Change FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ Keys Available ] [ View Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model Capabilities Capacity (GB) Assignment 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 79.89 Extent 1 79.82 LD 1 1 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 80.2 Extent 1 80.02 LD 1 2 Figure 8 -77 - Appendix Delete an Array The Delete Array menu option allows for deletion of disk array assignments. Deleting an existing disk array could result in loss of data. Record all array information including the array type, the disk members, and stripe block size in case you wish to undo a deletion. 1. To delete an array, press <3> in the Main Menu to enter the Delete LD Menu. Then highlight the array you wish to delete and press the key or the + keys. 2. The View LD Definition Menu will appear (as shown in Figure 9) showing which drives are assigned to this array. Press + if you are sure to delete the array or other keys to abort. 3. When the array is deleted, the screen will return to Delete LD Menu. Press to return to Main Menu. FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [ View LD Definition Menu ] LD No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity (GB) Status LD 1 RAID 0 2 157.99 Functional Stripe Block: 64KB Cache Mode: WriteThru [ Drives Assignments ] Channel:ID Drive Model Capabilities Capacity (GB) 1:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 79.89 2:Mas WDC WD800JD-22LSA0 SATA 3G 80.02 Press Ctrl-Y to delete the data in the disk! or press any other key to abort... Figure 9 GA-MA790X-UD4 Motherboard - 7 8 5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette for Windows XP (Required for AHCI and RAID Mode) To successfully install operating system onto SA TA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/AHCI mode, you need to install the SA TA controller driver during the OS installation. Without the driver , the hard drive may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. For installing W indows Vista, you may directly load the SA TA RAID driver from the motherboard driver disk during the OS installation process. For more details, refer to the next section, "5-1-3." See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode (Note). Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and two blank formatted floppy disks. Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver disk in your system. Boot from the startup disk. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to your optical drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press after each command (Figure 1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu. For example, from the menu in Figure 2, to install the operation system to your RAID/AHCI hard drives, select (5) SB700/750 SATA for the AMD SB700 SATA controller. Your system will then automatically zip and transfer this driver file to the floppy disk. Press <0> to exit when finished. Figure 1 Figure 2 (Note) For users without a startup disk: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. From your optical drive folder, double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder (Figure 3). A command prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 2. Figure 3 -79 - Appendix 5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System You are ready to install W indows V ista/XP onto your hard drive(s). The following is an example of Windows XP and Vista installation. A. Installing Windows XP St...
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