Promise Technology FastTrak SX4000 Lite - Manual (Page 6)

FastTrak SX4000 Lite
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Step 4: Install the Hard Drives
Important
If you wish to include your current bootable Serial ATA drive
using the Windows XP operating system as part of a bootable
Mirrored (RAID 1) array on your FastTrak card, do NOT connect
the hard drive to the FastTrak yet.
You MUST install the Windows XP driver software first onto this
drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller.
The FastTrak SX4000 Lite RAID Controller card supports only (Parallel) ATA
hard drives.
If you are striping (RAID 0) for performance, use up to four new drives. If
mirroring (RAID 1) for protection, you can use two new drives OR use an
existing drive and a new drive (the new drive must be the same size or larger
than the existing drive). If you are planning a RAID 5 array, use three or four
new drives.
1. Set your hard drives to Master, Cable-Select or Single (depending on drive
specification).
2. Install the hard drives into the hard drive bays of your system.
Caution
Use of removable hard drive enclosures other than Promise
Technology’s SuperSwap is not supported and may result in
performance loss or other undesired results.
3. Attach the black end of the Ultra ATA cable to each hard drive. Then attach
the blue end to the ATA connectors on the FastTrak card (see Figure 2,
below).