Intel Z77 Chipset SATA Hard Disk Installation and RAID Configuration Guide

About this manual

This document provides instructions for installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives and configuring RAID functionality on systems equipped with the Intel Z77 chipset. It covers supported RAID levels including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and Intel Rapid Storage.

The guide details the steps to prepare for RAID configuration, such as backing up data and selecting appropriate drive capacities. It also provides step-by-step instructions for setting up the BIOS SATA mode to RAID, accessing the Intel RAID Utility via Ctrl+I, creating new volumes, selecting strip sizes, and managing existing RAID arrays or deleting them. This manual is written in Chinese.

What's inside

• SATA Hard Disk Installation
• RAID Introduction
• Pre-configuration Notes
• Installing Windows with RAID
• Setting BIOS RAID Items
• Configuring Intel RAID BIOS
• Creating RAID Volumes
• Deleting RAID Volumes

Frequently asked questions

Which operating systems are supported for installing on a system with Intel Z77 RAID functionality?

The guide supports Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit, Vista, and Vista 64-bit.

What is the default stripe size for RAID 0 configurations in this utility?

The default value for the strip size is 128KB.

How many hard disk drives are required to create a RAID 5 array?

Creating a RAID 5 configuration requires at least three identical hard disk drives.