5. Select
Enabled
or
Disabled
as desired.
6. Press F10 to save your setting and exit the Setup Utility program. See “Exiting the Setup Utility
program” on page 58.
Changing the BIOS settings before installing a new operating system
BIOS settings vary by operating system. Change the BIOS settings before installing a new operating system.
To change the BIOS settings, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See “Starting the Setup Utility program” on page 53.
2. From the Setup Utility program main menu, select
Exit
➙
OS Optimized Default
.
3. Depending on the operating system to be installed, do one of the following:
• To install the Windows 8.1 (64-bit) operating system, select
Enabled
.
• To install an operating system other than Windows 8.1 (64-bit), select
Disabled
.
4. Select
Yes
in the window displayed and press Enter to confirm your selection.
5. Press F10 to save changes and exit the Setup Utility program. See “Exiting the Setup Utility program”
on page 58.
Exiting the Setup Utility program
After you finish viewing or changing settings, press Esc to return to the Setup Utility program main menu.
You might have to press Esc several times. Do one of the following:
• If you want to save the new settings, press F10 to save changes and exit the Setup Utility program.
• If you do not want to save the settings, select
Exit
➙
Discard Changes and Exit
, and then press Enter.
When the Reset Without Saving window shows, select
Yes
, and then press Enter to exit the Setup
Utility program.
• If you want to return to the default settings, press F9 to load the default settings, and then press F10 to
save and exit the Setup Utility program.
Configuring RAID
This section provides information about how to configure Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
for your computer.
Note:
The information about configuring RAID in this chapter is applicable only for a Windows environment.
For information about configuring RAID in a Linux environment, contact your Linux software provider.
RAID Level
Your computer must have the minimum number of SATA hard disk drives installed for the supported level of
RAID below:
• RAID Level 0 – Striped disk array
– Two hard disk drives minimum
– Better performance without fault tolerance
• RAID Level 1 – Mirrored disk array
– Two hard disk drives minimum
– Improved read performance and 100% redundancy
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