Press Enter The RAID Config screen should look similar to the screenshot below. From the RAID Config window, globally enable RAID, then enable the SATA ports with the disks that you want to use for RAID. If RAID is enabled globally but not enabled on the individual SATA port, disks on thatport can only be used for non RAID applications. Press F1. 0 to save the configuration and exit your motherboard may have different instructions for saving and exiting the BIOS. Your PC should reboot. Enter the RAID BIOS Setup by pressing F1. NVIDIA RAID BIOS as described in the next section. Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIOS The NVIDIA RAID BIOS set up lets you choose the RAID type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array. Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1 Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press F1. The RAID prompt appears as part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading of the OS. You have a few seconds to press F1. Press F1. 0. The NVIDIA RAID UtilityDefine a New Array screen appears Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block. These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks. To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk,1. Tab to the Free Disks section. The first disk in the list is selected. Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the rightarrow key. The first disk in the list is moved, and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be moved. Continue pressing the right arrow key until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array disks appear in the Array Disks block. Completing the RAID BIOS Setup. After assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. Press Y to clear the disk data. The Array List screen appears, where you can review the RAID arrays that you have set up. Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up, then press B to specify the array as bootable. Press Enter to view and verify details. The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that you selected, such as Striping Block used, RAID Mode, Striping Width, Disk Model Name and disk capacity. If you want to mark this disk as empty and wipe out all its contents, press C. At the prompt, press Y to wipe out all the data, otherwise press N. Press Enter again to go back to the previous screen and then press F1. RAID setup. Your PC should restart. Installing the RAID Drivers. Insert your Windows XP or Windows XP 6. Edition installation CD to proceed with the installation of your operating system. Make sure your CD ROMDVD ROM is bootable from your motherboards BIOS to boot off of the Windows installation CD. The Windows Setup program starts. When prompted by Windows, press F6 and wait a few moments for the Windows Setup screen to appear. Windows does not include NVRAID drivers for your RAID controller on the Windows installation CD. From the Windows Setup screen, insert the F6 install floppy disk with the NVIDIA RAID drivers which you created earlier. To specify the NVIDIA drivers, press S and then press Enter. The following Windows Setup screen appears 4. Select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER required and then press Enter. Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter. Select NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller required and then press Enter. The following Windows Setup screen appears listing both drivers 7. Press Enter to continue with Windows XP or Windows XP 6. Edition installation. Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows installation is completed. When Windows prompts you to remove all disks, you may then take out the floppy disk. Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP. After Windows XP is completely installed, proceed to install the n. Force driver package which you previously downloaded from NVIDIA. This will not only add drivers for your other n. Force components but also the Media. Shield application to allow you to access and troubleshoot your RAID array from wthin Microsoft Windows.