Uninstalling the Intel® VROC RAID driver could potentially cause an end-user to lose access to important data within a RAID volume. This is because the driver can only provide functionality for the RAID controller (Intel® Volume Management Device (Intel® VMD) or SATA controllers). Therefore, Intel does not provide a way to permanently remove the driver from the system. However, disabling the RAID controller causes the operating system not to use the RAID driver.
The uninstall application that is included with the Intel® VROC software can remove all components except the RAID driver (so it removes the Intel® VROC Graphical User Interface (GUI) application, Start Menu links, Control Panel applet, and so on).
Use the following procedures to remove the Intel® VROC software or to disable the RAID controller.
Uninstalling the Intel® VROC Software (Except the RAID Driver)
- Run the Uninstall program from the following start menu link: Start/All Programs/Intel/Intel(R) Virtual RAID on CPU. The first dialog box that appears gives the user the option of uninstalling all components of the Intel® VROC software except the RAID driver.
- Click OK. The next dialog box confirms that the user would like to uninstall all software components except the RAID driver.
- Click Yes to confirm. All components of the software will be uninstalled except the RAID driver. The user should no longer see any Start Menu links to the Intel® VROC GUI application or a Control Panel applet for Intel® VROC. However, the RAID configuration should still function normally.
Disabling the RAID Driver by Disabling the RAID Controller
| Note | If this method is used and the computer’s operating system is installed to a disk attached to the RAID controller, the user will no longer be able to boot into that operating system. |
- Enter the system BIOS Setup menu.
- Disable the Intel® VMD or SATA RAID controller.
- This setting may be different for each motherboard manufacturer. Consult the manufacturer’s user manual if necessary. When done, exit the setup.
- Reboot the system (the operating system must have been installed on a disk not attached to the Intel® VMD or SATA RAID controller). The user should no longer see the Intel® VROC Pre-OS status screen during boot, and the user should no longer see the Intel® VROC controller(s) in Device Manager.
- At this point, Windows* will no longer be using the RAID driver and the user will not have Intel® VROC RAID functionality. All data contained in existing RAID volumes will no longer be accessible. To re-enable Intel® VROC RAID functionality, re-enter the system BIOS Setup menu and re-enable the RAID controller.
End-users can use this same procedure to disable the Intel® VROC controller(s) if necessary.
- Run the Uninstall program.
- Click Cancel when presented with the first dialog box.
- Click Yes at the second dialog box to read the text document containing the procedure.