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Driver Installation Guide, Installing Windows, 7 64-bit / Vista, Vista, bit With, RAID Functions - windows 7 drivers

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2.20 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. 2.21 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 steps below. RAID mode is not supported under Windows® XP / XP 64-bit. STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the option "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 "SATAII driver" from the Support CD again so that "Intel Rapid Storage" will be installed to your system as well. 50

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2.20
Driver Installation Guide
To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical
drive
fi
rst. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and
listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side
to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly.
2.21
Installing Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit With
RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your SATA
/ SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the steps below.
RAID mode is not supported under Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit.
STEP 1: Set up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
Storage Con
fi
guration.
B. Set the option “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 con
fi
guration.
Before you start to con
fi
gure the RAID function, you need to check the installation
guide in the Support CD for proper con
fi
guration. Please refer to the document in
the Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Con
fi
guration”,
which is located in the folder at the following path:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 3: Install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your
system.
After the installation of Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
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 con
fi
guration. Please refer to the document in the
Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Con
fi
guration”, which is lo-
cated 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 follow-
ing path:
.. \ Intel Rapid Storage Information
If you want to use “Intel Rapid Storage” in Windows
®
environment, install
“SATAII driver” from the Support CD again so that “Intel Rapid Storage”
will be installed to your system as well.