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SA T A150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual.
SA T A 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................... 2 2. What Is RAID ...................................................................
SA T A 150 RAID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual Important Message: 1. Before controller card installati on, we recommend to study the PDF file of SATA R aid man ua l a t enclosed CD folder SA T A Raid _2Po rt SiI 3x12 Win98_me_2000_xp_nt4.0 Gui first.
SA T A 150 R AID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual 1.1.2. High Speed Serial ATA Interface Two special shielded and d urable SATA1 connectors f or plugging more than 1,000 times Dual high speed Seri al ATA interface ports, ea ch supporting 1st g e n e r a t i o n S e r i a l A T A data rates (1.
SA T A 150 R AID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual 3.1. Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0) T h i s R A I D a r r a y t o b e u s e d o n New/Blank hard drives. Striping will “destroy” all existing data on the original hard drive. Auto Configur ation is re commended.
SA T A 150 R AID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual 3.4. Rebuilding Mirror ed Sets This function is used when any HD in mirror is failur e. Y our data is still safety . System will notice and help you reb uild mirror by repl acing new HD to the br oken part.
SA T A 150 R AID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual d. Press F6 at the beginning as the blue scr een scanning. This will let PC boot fr om a HD co ntroller instead of motherboard HD. e. Keep the floppy in floppy drive a nd follow the install ation. Press “ S ” when th e scr een sho ws as the following pictur e.
SA T A 150 R AID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual Choose the correct OS for your futur e system. Keep the floppy disk in floppy drive. PC will no tice you as bel ow if you take them off fr om the drive. The installation of R C-201 by floppy drive will be completed and the sys tem will detect the HD which now plug on the car d.
SA T A 150 R AID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual f. Once the system can find the HD connectin g to RC-201, you can follo w the normal steps to complete the Wind ows installation. 3. If you want to create a mirr or with a HD with ex isting OS and a fresh HD, the data on existing HD will copy to fre sh HD and boo t as RAID 1.
SA T A 150 R AID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual proced ur es to install Windows ac cordin gly . 2. Once Windows has been installed, click My Computer , then click Properties . Click Device Manager tab. 3. Double click Other Devices then PCI RAID Contr oller .
SA T A 150 R AID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual Driver , click Open then OK . 5. Highlight Silicon Image S il-3x12 SA T A Raid Controller and click OK . V erification of the Proper Installation for Windows NT 4.0 1. Double click My Computer/Control Panel/SCSI Adapter s .
SA T A 150 R AID 2 Port PCI Host RC201 User Manual Add Windows XP Driver on Original Booting Device 1. After the SATA RAID PCI Host Adapter and at tached drives are configured, boot up Windows. 2. At the Found New Ha rdware Wizard , check I n s t a l l f r o m a l i s t o r specific location (advanced) , then click Next .
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