MSI Z97 Gaming 7 User Guide

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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	 to	delete	 the...

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3-3	 Installing	the	SATA	RAID/AHCI	Driver	and	Operating	System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 8/7.
A.	Installing	the	Operating	System
For the Intel® Z97:
As Windows 7 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 recommend that you 
install all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to...

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For the Marvell® 88SE9172:
Step 1: 
Copy the Marvell folder under BootDrv in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive.
Step 2: 
Boot from the Windows setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting you 
to load the driver appears, select Browse.
Step 3: 
Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are as follows:
Windows 32-bit: \storport\i386
Windows 64-bit: \storport\amd64
Step 4: 
When a screen as shown...

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B.	Rebuilding	an	ArrayRebuilding is the process of restoring data to a hard drive from other drives in the array. Rebuilding applies only to fault-tolerant arrays such as RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 arrays. The procedures below assume a new drive is	added	 to	replace	 a	failed	 drive	to	rebuild	 a	RAID	 1	array.	 (Note:	 The	new	 drive	 must	have	 equal	 or	greater	capacity	than	the	old	one.)
For the Intel® Z97:
Turn off your computer and replace the failed hard drive with a new one. Restar\
t your...

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 •Performing	the	Rebuild	in	the	Operating	System
While in the operating system, make sure the chipset driver has been ins\
talled from the motherboard driver 
disk. Then launch the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility from the desktop.
Step 1:
Go to the Manage menu and click Rebuild	to	
another disk in Manage Volume. 
The Status item on the left of the screen displays 
the rebuild progress.
Step 2:
Select a new drive to rebuild the RAID and click 
Rebuild. 
Step 3:
After the RAID 1 volume...

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Step 2:Go to the Manage menu of the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology utility and click Recover	data in Manage Volume.
The Status item on the left of the screen displays 
the rebuild progress. 
Step 3:
Click Yes to begin the data recovery. 
Step 4:
After the recovery volume is completed, the Status 
will display as Normal.
 •Restoring	the	Master	Drive	to	a	Previous	State	(for	Recovery	Volume	only)When two hard drives are set to Recovery Volume in Update on Request mode, you can restore the master...

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Step 2: 
The new hard drive will be displayed on the screen. Press  or  on the new hard drive to select 
it and then press  on NEXT.	When	 prompted,	 press		to	confirm.	 The	new	 hard	 drive	 is	now	 set	as	
a Spare drive. 
For the Marvell® 88SE9172:
Turn off your computer and replace the failed hard drive with a new one. Restar\
t your computer. To enable an 
automatic rebuild in the operating system, you have to set the new hard drive as a Spare drive in the RAID 
setup	utility	first....

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 •Manually	Rebuilding	RAID	1	in	the	Operating	System
You can manually rebuild a RAID 1 array without setting the new hard drive as a Spare drive in the RAID setup 
utility	first.	While	in	the	operating	system,	open	the	Marvell® Storage Utility and login. 
Under Virtual	Disk	0, the Property tab displays the 
rebuild progress on the right of the Background Activity 
Progress item, indicating that the RAID volume is being 
rebuilt. When completed, the status will display as Done.
Step 1: 
Under...

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4-1 Chipset Drivers
Chapter 4  Drivers Installation
 •Before	installing 	the 	drivers, 	first 	install 	the 	operating 	system. 	(The 	following 	instructions 	use 	
Windows	8	as	the	example	operating	system.)
 •After installing the operating system, insert the motherboard driver disk into your optical drive. 
Click on the message "Tap to choose what happens with this disc" on the top-right corner of the 
screen and select "Run Run.exe."	 (Or	go	to	My	 Computer,	 double-click	 the...

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4-2 Application Software
This page displays the apps that GIGABYTE develops and some free softwar\
e. You can select the apps you 
want and click the Install  icon to begin the installation.
4-3 Information
This page provides detailed information on the drivers on the driver dis\
k. The Contact page provides contact 
information of the GIGABYTE Taiwan headquarter. You can click the URL on this page to link to the GIGA-
BYTE	website	to	check	more	information	on	the	GIGABYTE	headquarter	or	worldwide...