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Chapter 5 NVIDIA RAID Introduction

In Windows 2000 (Service Pack 2 or previous versions), the end user cannot install

this operating system to a bootable RAID volume.

There are two solutions to resolve this issue.

I) Use the NVRAID Tool to convert the boot volume to a RAID array.

Here are the detailed step by step instructions:

1. Install Windows 2000 on a selected hard drive.

2. Download and install Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 from Microsoft’s website.

3. Reboot the system, press the DEL key as the system is rebooting to enter into the

system BIOS.

4. Select Integrated Peripherals

RAID Config.

5. Enable RAID Config for the selected drive (the one containing the Windows 2000

operating system). Then press F10 to exit and save settings in the system BIOS

(This action reboots the System).

6. Press F10 as the system is rebooting to go into the RAID ROM(The system

directs you into the NVIDIA RAID Utility).

7. Select Striping under RAID Mode. Press TAB to

go

into the Free Disk menu.

You

can use the Right Arrow key to add the desired disk.

8. After that, Press F7 to finish. Select N (NO) when asked to Clear Disk Data.

9. Then Press Ctrl-X to exit.The system reboots into Windows 2000.

10. Install the NVIDIA nForce Driver Package while in Windows 2000. Then reboot

the system.

11. Go to START>Programs>Nvidia Corporation and select NVRAID Manager.

You

should see the single disk RAID array (in striping mode) that was created from the

boot disk.

12. Select the single boot disk RAID Array by clicking on it.

13. Select Convert Array under the System Tasks.

The Convert Array wizard is

displayed. Then Select Next.

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