ASRock Q77M vPro RAID Installation Guide - Page 6

2.3 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the procedures below. STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set "SATA Mode Selection" to [RAID] for SATA2_2 to SATA2_5 and SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 ports. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. After the installation of Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Rapid Storage Information" for RAID configuration. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD, "Guide to Intel Rapid Storage", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ Intel Rapid Storage Information If you want to use "Intel Rapid Storage" in Windows® environment, install "SATA2 driver" from the Support CD again so that "Intel Rapid Storage" will be installed to your system as well. 6