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Figure 10
Step 3:
Press  under the Select Disks item. In the  SELECT DISKS box, press  on the hard drive you 
want to use for the master drive and press  on the hard drive you want to use for the recovery drive. 
(Make  sure  the  recovery  drive  has  equal  or  larger  capacity  than  the  master  drive.)  Then  press    to 
confirm	(Figure	10).
Step 4:
Under  Sync,  select  Continuous  or  On  Request  (Figure  11).  When  set  to  Continuous,  changes  made  to 
the  data  on  the...

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Delete RAID Volume
To  delete  a  RAID  array,  select 
Delete  RAID  Volume  in MAIN  MENU   and  press  .  In  the  DELETE 
VOLUME MENU section, use the up or down arrow key to select the array to be deleted and press . 
When	prompted	to	confirm	your	selection	(Figure	12),	press		to	confirm	or		to	abort.
Figure 12
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Option ROM - 10.6.0.1091 Copyright(C) 2003-11 Intel Corporation.  All Rights Reserved.
* = Accelerated Volume
Deleting a volume will reset...

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The  BIOS  Setup  menus  described  in  this  section  may  differ  from  the  exact  settings  for  your  moth-
erboard.  The  actual  BIOS  Setup  menu  options  you  will  see  shall  depend  on  the  motherboard  you 
have and the BIOS version.
Step 2: 
Save changes and exit BIOS Setup. Figure 1
5-1-2 
Configuring Marvell 88SE9172 SATA Controllers
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Attach  one  end  of  the  SATA  signal  cable  to  the  rear  of  the  SATA  hard  drive...

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Figure 2
C. Configuring a RAID array in RAID BIOS
Enter	
the	RAID	 BIOS	 setup	 utility	to	configure	 a	RAID	 array.	 Skip	this	step	 and	proceed	 to	the	 installation	 of	
Windows	operating	system	for	a	non-RAID	configuration.		
After the POST memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins, look for a message which 
says "Press + to enter BIOS Setup or  to continue" (Figure 2). Press  +  to en-
ter the RAID setup utility.
Marvell 88SE91xx Adapter - BIOS Version...

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Figure 4
Step 2: The next screen displays the two hard drives you installed. Press  or  on the two
hard drives respectively to add them into the RAID array. Selected hard drives are marked with an asterisk
(Figure 5). Then press  on NEXT. 
Create a RAID Array:
Step 1: On the main screen, press  on the 
RAID tab. Then the RAID Config menu appears (Figure 4). 
Press  on the Create VD item.
Figure 5
 ENTER/SPACE: Select, ESC: Back/Exit
[ Selection][ Adapter][ Devices][  RAID  ]
Marvell BIOS...

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Step 3: On the 
Create VD menu (Figure 6), use the up or down arrow key to move the selection b\
ar to select 
an item and press  to display options. Set the required items in \
sequence and press the down arrow 
key to proceed to the next item. 
Sequence:
1. RAID Level: Select a RAID level. Options include RAID 0 (Stripe) and RAID 1 (Mir\
ror). 
2. Stripe Size: Select the stripe block size. Options include 32 KB, 64 KB, and 128 KB.\
 
3. Quick Init: Select whether to quickly erase old...

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To	exit	the	RAID	BIOS	utility,	press		on	the	main	screen	and	press		to	confirm.	
Now, you can proceed to install the operating system. When completed, the RAID tab will display the new array. (Figure 8) 
Figure 8
Delete the RAID Array:
To deleted the existing array, press  on the  RAID tab and select  Delete VD. When the  Delete VD menu 
appears, press  on the array to select it and then press  on  NEXT. When prompted, press  
to	confirm	 (Figure	9).	When  the  message  "Do  you  want...

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Use the Marvell Storage Utility in the Operating System: 
With  the  Marvell  Storage  utility,  you  can  set  up  an  array  or  view  the  current  array  status  in  the  operating 
system. To install the utility, insert the motherboard driver disk, then go to 
Application Software\Install Ap-
plication  Software  and  select  Marvell  Storage  Utility  to  install.  Note: After  the  installation,  you  must  login 
the utility with the same account name and password that you use to...

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A. Installing Windows 7/Vista
(The following instructions use Windows 7 as the example operating syst\
em.)
For the Intel Z68:
As  Windows  7  and  Vista  already  include  Intel  SATA  RAID/AHCI  driver,  you  do  not  need  to  install  separate 
RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. After the operating system is installed, we recom-
mend  that  you  install  all  required  drivers  from  the  motherboard  driver  disk  using  "Xpress  Install"  to  ensure...

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B. Installing Windows XP
Before	installing	 Windows	 XP,	connect	 a	USB	 floppy	 disk	drive	 to	your	 computer	 first	because	 you	need	 to	in-
stall	 the	SATA 	RAID/AHCI	 driver	from	a	floppy	 disk	that	contains	 the	driver	 during	 the	OS	 installation.	 Without	
the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First, copy the driver 
from	the	motherboard	driver	disk	to	a	floppy	disk.	Refer	to	the	methods	below.
Method A:
 •	 For	the	Intel	 Z68,...