Help setting up RAID on Neo4-F

I have this motherboard
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=651
and 2 identical 80Gb seagate SATA HDD's. I want to set up RAID 0 and need help with the same. How do i start.

Quote from: Kniwor on 14-January-07, 23:02:50
thanks, I downloaded the user manual and got it there too, thanks anyway.
also if you need further help or advice have a ask

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external drive, and it's almost full with data from
video editing projects. I wish to purchase another
identical drive and set them up as a Mirrored RAID so
that I will always have an automatic, real-time
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>
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