Mac Pro and Xserve RAID Card: Boot Camp does not support RAID configurations

Summary

Boot Camp doesn't support any type of hardware or software RAID configuration.

Products Affected

Mac Pro, Xserve

This includes Microsoft Windows' built-in software RAID as well as any hardware RAID cards (such as Mac Pro RAID and Xserve RAID cards).

Additional Information

To partition your disk and install Windows using Boot Camp Assistant, the disk must be a single partition, formatted as a Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) volume. If you have already partitioned your disk using Disk Utility or some other utility, you cannot use Boot Camp Assistant until you restore your disk to a single-partition Mac OS X volume.

Boot Camp Assistant works only with internal disks. You cannot use Boot Camp Assistant to partition and install Windows on an external disk.

Important: Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute Apple’s recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.
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