RAID installation guide for ITE8212F

Short Description
This document provides a brief step-by-step guide for beginners in how to set up a RAID drive using the onboard ITE8212F RAID controller, operating under the Windows XP environment. This guide was designed to only cover the basic operations in setting up RAID. Should this document not cover what you need, please refer to the ITE8212 RAID User’s Manual provided on the motherboard’s Support CD.

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…A driver is required for your operating system (OS) to recognize your RAID drives. If you are planning to install Windows 2000 or XP on a RAID drive, you will need a copy of the drivers on a floppy disk during installation (refer to 2.1 Creating a Driver Disk). If the RAID drive is to be installed onto a system with an existing OS, please ensure the drivers are correctly installed for your OS to recognize the newly constructed RAID system (refer to 2.2 Installing Drivers).
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The ITE8212 controller supports up to a maximum of 4 hard disks, 2 parallel ATA disks on each of the 2 connectors.
For a RAID 0 or JBOD array, a minimum of 2 disks must be used. A RAID 1 array needs two disks while a RAID 0+1 needs four disks.
When installing hard disks for a RAID array, it is preferable to use disks that are similar in disk capacity. For best results, please use identical disks.
Connect your hard drives, please refer to your motherboard’s manual for help if necessary.
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