AHCI and RAID on HP Elite 8100 Business PCs

3. Use the arrow keys to scroll to Create Volume, and press Enter. The following screen appears.

CAUTION: All data on the selected disk will be deleted.

4. Type Y to continue.

Notes for operating system installation

• After creating a RAID disk volume in the option ROM, you can install the operating system.

• HP provides a driver download for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 at www.hp.com. See Soft-

ware Drivers 6 for installation information.

• Customer-created images MUST account for the RAID controller.

• Failure to install and enumerate the RAID driver after enabling the RAID controller (with or without cre-

ating a volume) will result in a Windows boot failure (blue screen) for inaccessible boot device.

WARNING: The PCI Device ID of the mass storage controller changes after changing IDE mode. Chang-

ing the BIOS from IDE mode to RAID mode is the equivalent of connecting the hard drives to a new add-

on RAID storage controller. The installed operating system on the hard drive is unaware of this new mass

storage controller. If the drivers are not available, enumerated, and PnP for this new controller, the operat-

ing system blue screens in Microsoft XP and Microsoft Vista/Windows 7.