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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	VD's	 MBR?"	 appears,	 press		to	clear	
the MBR or press other keys to ignore. 
Figure 9
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 Application 
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 login the operating system. If you did not set the account 
password before, click Login to enter the Marvell Storage Utility directly. Please note that if you set the hard 
drive(s)	to	IDE	or	 AHCI	mode,	it	is	normal	that	you	will	not	see	the	hard	drive(s)	in	the	Marvell	Storage	Utility.
ENTER/SPACE: Select, ESC: Back/Exit
Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 
[Virtual Disks]ID Name Size Level Status Stripe  CacheMode0 GBT  152.4GB  RAID0 ONLINE 64KB  WriteBack[Physical Disks]Port Disk Name     Size Max Speed StatusS0 SATA: WDC WD800JD-22LSA0  76.3GB SATA 3Gb/s ASSIGNEDS1 SATA: WDC WD800JD-22LSA0  76.3GB SATA 3Gb/s ASSIGNED  
[  Adapter  ][  Devices  ][    RAID    ]
Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 
Delete the VD?[Y]
RAID Config
  ID
NEXT
Delete VD
[  Adapter  ][  Devices  ][    RAID    ]
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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 ensure system performance 
and compatibility. To install Windows 8.1/8, refer to the steps below:
Step 1: 
Copy the IRST	folder under BootDrv in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive.
Step 2: 
Boot from the Windows 8.1/8 setup disk and perform standard OS installat\
ion 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: \iRST\32Bit
Windows 64-bit: \iRST\64Bit
Step 4: 
When a screen as shown in Figure 1 appears, select Intel(R)	Desktop/Workstation/Server	 Express	Chipset	
SATA	RAID	Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
Figure 1
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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 in Figure 2 appears, select Marvell	91xx	SATA 	6G	 RAID	 Controller and click Next 
to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
Figure 2
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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 computer.
 •Enabling	 Automatic	Rebuild
Step 1:When	the	message	 "Press		 to	enter	 Configuration	 Utility"	appears,	 press		 +		 to	enter	 the	RAID	Configuration	Utility.	 The	following	screen	appears	after	you	enter	the	RAID	Configuration	Utility.
Step 2:Select the new hard drive to add into the array to be rebuilt and press \
. The following screen appears, indicating that an automatic rebuild will be performed after you enter the operating system. If you do not enable automatic	rebuild	on	this	 stage,	 you	have	 to	manually	 rebuild	the	array	 in	the	 operating	 system	(see	the	next	page	for	more	details).
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Option ROM - 13.0.0.2075Copyright(C) 2003-13 Intel Corporation.  All Rights Reserved.
3.  Reset Disks to Non-RAID4. Exit
RAID Volumes :None defined.
Physical Disks :ID    Drive Model    Serial #   Size Type/Status(Vol ID)0   ST3120026AS  3JT354CP   111.7GB Member Disk (0)1   WDC WD800JD-22LS  WD-WMAM9W736333 111.7GB Non-RAID Disk
  [hi]-Select   [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select  Menu
[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]
[ MAIN MENU ]
1. Create RAID Volume2. Delete RAID Volume[ DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED ]
 [hi]-Previous/Next  [ENTER]-Select  [ESC]-Exit
"Degraded volume and disk available for rebuilding detected. Selecting a disk initiates a rebuild. Rebuild completes in the operating system.
Select the port of the destination disk for rebuilding (ESC to exit):
 ID  Drive Model    Serial #         Size 1  WDC WD800JD-22LS    WD-WMAM9W736333  111.7GB
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Option ROM - 13.0.0.2075Copyright(C) 2003-13 Intel Corporation.  All Rights Reserved.
RAID Volumes :ID   Name     Level    Strip Size Status Bootable0  Volume0    RAID1(Mirror)  N/A  111.7GB Rebuild Ye s
Physical Devices :ID    Devices Model    Serial #   Size Type/Status(Vol ID)0   ST3120026AS  3JT354CP   111.7GB Member Disk (0)1   WDC WD800JD-22LS  WD-WMAM9W736333 111.7GB Member Disk (0)
  [hi]-Select   [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select  Menu
[ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ]
Volumes with "Rebuild" status will be rebuilt within the operating system\
.
[ MAIN MENU ]4. Recovery Volume Options5. Acceleration Options6. Exit
1. Create RAID Volume2. Delete RAID Volume3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID
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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 rebuilding, the Status will 
display as Normal.
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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 drive data to the last backup state when needed. For example, in case th\
e master drive detects a virus, you can restore the recovery drive data to the master drive.
Step 1:Select 4.	 Recovery	 Volume	Options in the MAIN	MENU of the Intel®	RAID	 Configuration	 Utility.	On	the	RECOVERY 	VOLUMES	 OPTIONS menu, select Enable	Only	Recovery	 Disk to show the recovery drive in the	operating	system.	Follow	the	on-screen	instructions	to	complete	and	exit	the	RAID	Configuration	Utility.Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Option ROM - 13.0.0.2075Copyright(C) 2003-13 Intel Corporation.  All Rights Reserved.
Choose the RAID level:RAID0: Stripes data (performance).RAID1: Mirrors data (redundancy).Recovery: Copies data between a master and a recovery disk.RAID10: Mirrors data and stripes the mirror.RAID5: Stripes data and parity.
  [hi]-select  [ESC]-Previous Menu  [ENTER]-Select
[ HELP ]
[ RECOVERY VOLUME OPTIONS ]  1. Enable Only Recovery Disk  2. Enable Only Master Disk [ SELECT RECOVERY VOLUME ]
[hi]-Up/Down  [SPACE]-Selects [ENTER]-Done
   Name    Level   Capacity    Status Bootable`	Volume0  Recovery(OnReq) 111.7GB    NeedsUpdate Yes 
                
          Select a Recovery volume to do the operation.
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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.	
 •Enabling	 Automatic	Rebuild
Step 1:
When the message "Press + to enter BIOS Setup or  to continue" appears, press  + 
 to enter the RAID setup utility. On the main screen, press  on the RAID tab and then press  
on Spare Management.
ENTER/SPACE: Select, ESC: Back/Exit
[ Adapter][ Devices]
Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 
Create VDDelete VDWipe out disk
RAID Config
Spare Management
[  RAID  ]
[ Adapter][ Devices][  RAID  ]
Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2009 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 
RAID Config
     Port    Disk Name       Size   Max Speed   Status 
    NEXT      
 Spare Management
* S0 SATA: WDC WD800JD-22LSA0  76.3GB SATA 3Gb/s FREE
ENTER/SPACE: Select, ESC: Back/Exit
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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 Virtual	 Disk	0, click the Operation tab and select 
Rebuild.
Step 2: 
The screen will display the new hard drive. Click on the 
hard drive to select it and click the Submit button to 
begin the rebuild. 
Step 3: 
Make sure you have installed the Marvell® RAID driver and Marvell® Storage Utility from the motherboard driver 
disk. While in the operating system, launch the Marvell® Storage Utility from Start\All Programs\Marvell Storage 
Utility\Marvell Tray, right-click on the 	icon	 in	the	 notification	 area,	and	select	Open	 MSU. Then login the 
Marvell Storage Utility.
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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	optical	 drive	and	ex-
ecute	the	Run.exe	program.)
"Xpress Install" will automatically scan your system and then list all of the drivers that are recommended t\
o 
install. You can click the Xpress Install button and "Xpress Install" will install all of the selected drivers. Or 
click the arrow icon to individually install the drivers you need.
 •Please 	ignore 	the 	popup 	dialog 	box(es) 	(e.g. 	the 	Found New Hardware Wizard)	 displayed 	
when "Xpress Install" is installing the drivers. Failure to do so may af\
fect the driver installation.
 •Some device drivers will restart your system automatically during the driver installation. After the 
system restart, "Xpress Install" will continue to install other drivers.\
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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	branch	offices.
Drivers Installation