NVIDIA RAID Installation Guide

NVIDIA BIOS RAID and Windows RAID installation guide, including the concept of RAID, RAID configuration precautions, create disk array and other content.

Brand: Nvidia
Category: Other
Document type: Installation Guide
Language: English
Pages: 15
File format: PDF
File size: 601 KB
Published: 02 May, 2012
Updated: 01 October, 2023
MD5 checksum: A38AE880D7786F47231716037D47DFE6
PDF: NVIDIA RAID Installation Guide PDF

About this manual

The BIOS RAID Installation Guide walks you through entering the BIOS setup (press ), changing the SATA Option Mode to RAID, and using the MediaShield BIOS to create, delete, or modify RAID 0 (striping) or RAID 1 (mirroring) arrays. It includes details on disk selection, stripe block size, and how to save the configuration.

The Windows RAID Installation Guide shows how to install the NVIDIA RAID driver from the support CD, access the NVIDIA Control Panel Storage utility, and manage RAID arrays within Windows 7/64‑bit or Vista/64‑bit. It also covers rebuilding and synchronizing fault‑tolerant arrays and notes that RAID/AHCI is not available on Windows XP.

What's inside

Introduction to RAID
RAID Configurations Precautions
Create Disk Array
NVIDIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide
NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide
Rebuild Array Wizard
Synchronize Array Wizard

Specifications

Supported operating systems	Windows 7 / 7 64‑bit, Vista / Vista 64‑bit (RAID/AHCI not available on XP)
BIOS setting required	SATA Option Mode must be set to RAID
Driver source	RAID driver located on support CD under \i386 (32‑bit) or \AMD64 (64‑bit)

Frequently asked questions

Which Windows versions support NVIDIA RAID/AHCI?

RAID/AHCI is supported on Windows 7/7 64‑bit and Vista/Vista 64‑bit; it is not available on Windows XP.

How can I rebuild a failed RAID array?

Select the array, click “Rebuild array”, and follow the NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard instructions to restore data from the remaining drive.

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