Hello. I am hoping there is someone on the forum who is able and willing to answer my several questions.
Where is the software that manages the RAID stored?
Is it in the BIOS?
Is it on a separate ROM chip?
Is it on the hard disk?
If it's on the hard disk:
- is it in the MBR?
- is it in a partition boot sector?
- is it in the filesystem somewhere?
- If it's in the filesystem, does Windows have to "install" it?
Why are there two different places (and software/firmware from two different companies) for setting up RAID for this machine?
1) CMOS/BIOS (Phoenix) has a setting for RAID
2) CTRL-I takes me to an Intel RAID setup screen
I apologize for all the questions, but I have been unable to locate *any* documentation for this machine which answers these questions. If I could get a better handle how this all interacts I think it would go a long way toward helping me know what absolutely needs to be backed up, and keeping me from doing something foolish and irreversible as I try to do a CTRL-F11 restore on this machine.
Thank you.
