Using an Asus P5WDH, I have 3 HDDs installed - 74GB WD Raptor and 2 x 320GB WD320. I had intended to install OS and Applications on the 74GB Raptor and configure the 2 320 GB disks using Matrix RAID to provide 1 striped and 1 mirrored volume.
Are there two routes to achieving this? Having had an initial look at some stuff on the Intel site it seems to imply I could do no RAID config at BIOS level and just install Windows as normal to the 74GB disk and then subsequently install the Intel Storage Manager software and configure my 2 remaining disks as the 2 RAID volumes.
However that doesn't tie up with MOBO documentation that says I need to set the SATA config in the BIOS to RAID and use the Matrix RAID utility (Ctrl-I) to set up the volumes. Then during Windows install I need to load the RAID driver (F6 floppy approach).
So far the documentation/info on Intel Matrix RAID and interaction with Windows seems a little sketchy - any pointers welcome!
Are there two routes to achieving this? Having had an initial look at some stuff on the Intel site it seems to imply I could do no RAID config at BIOS level and just install Windows as normal to the 74GB disk and then subsequently install the Intel Storage Manager software and configure my 2 remaining disks as the 2 RAID volumes.
However that doesn't tie up with MOBO documentation that says I need to set the SATA config in the BIOS to RAID and use the Matrix RAID utility (Ctrl-I) to set up the volumes. Then during Windows install I need to load the RAID driver (F6 floppy approach).
So far the documentation/info on Intel Matrix RAID and interaction with Windows seems a little sketchy - any pointers welcome!
