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6 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Installation
6.1 Overview
After installing an operating system onto a RAID volume or on a SATA hard drive when in RAID or AHCI mode,
the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology can be loaded from within Windows. This installs the following components:
 User interface (i.e. Intel® Rapid Storage Technology software)
 Tray icon service
 Monitor service, allowing you to monitor the health of your RAID volume and/or hard drives.
Warning: The Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver may be used to operate the hard drive from
which the system is booting or a hard drive that contains important data. For this reason, you
cannot remove or un-install this driver from the system; however, you will have the ability to un-
install all other non-driver components.
The following non-driver components can be un-installed:
• Intel® Rapid Storage Technology software
• Help documentation
• Start Menu shortcuts
• System tray icon service
• RAID monitor service
6.2 Where to Obtain the Software
If a CD or DVD was included with your motherboard or system, it should include the Intel® Rapid Storage
Technology software.
The latest version of Intel® Rapid Storage Technology can also be downloaded from Download Center at:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2101