19. Move the cursor down (use the arrow keys) onto X (o select the
disk required) and press <Enter>.
If you have selected a Recovery level RAID then you
need to select one disk to be Master disk (M) and one
disk to be the Recovery disk (R).
20. You should select two identical disks to form your RAID volume.
21. If you have selected RAID 0 (Stripe) then you can adjust the
"Strip Size" to your requirements.
22. If you have selected Recovery then you can adjust the
Synchronization to "On Request" or "Continuous".
23. Go to Create Volume and press <Enter>.
24. The RAID volume will then be created and the RAID information
will be displayed under Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology (in
the Advanced menu).
25. Press <Esc> to exit the menu.
26. Press <F4> and <Yes> to "Save Changes and Reset",
however ensure that the two conditions in the bulleted
points below are met before doing so.
• Make sure the Windows 8.1 OS DVD is in the DVD drive and
• Make sure your USB flash drive or external USB hard disk is
Figure 3
Select
27. Press <F7> as the computer starts up to bring up the boot
Disks
device menu.
28. Select the DVD drive containing the Windows 8.1 OS DVD and
press <Enter>.
29. Press a key at system startup to begin installing Windows from
your Windows 8.1 OS DVD.
30. Click Next > Install Now to continue installing the operating
system as normal (see your Windows documentation if you
need help on installing the Windows OS).
31. A prompt will appear to ask you to Load Driver.
32. Click Browse and browse to the location you copied the files to
on your USB flash drive or external USB hard disk (X: denotes
your USB flash drive or external USB hard disk):
• Windows 8.1 64bit
Figure 4
33. Click Next.
RAID Informa-
tion (Advanced >
34. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Windows 8.1
operating system.
Intel(R) Rapid
Storage Technol-
35. Install the Windows drivers as per
sure you install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (IRST)
ogy)
driver (see
as the computer starts up it will automatically boot from the
Windows 8.1 OS DVD (you will be prompted to press a key
to boot from the DVD).
attached to one of the USB ports on the computer.
X:\f6flpy-x64
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34).
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27. Make
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