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Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows®

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5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in Windows®: 1. Start Windows®. 2. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 4. Go to the Intel AHCI/RAID Driver menu then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver path to open the RAID driver folder. 5. Select 32bit or 64bit folder depending on your operating system. Copy the files of the selected folder to the root path of your USB floppy disk drive. Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid a computer virus infection. 5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver for Windows® 7: 1. During the OS installation, click Load Driver to allow you to select the installation media containing the RAID driver. 2. Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into the optical drive, and then click Browse. 3. Click the name of the device you've inserted, go to Drivers > RAID, and then select the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Click OK. 4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you have to use another computer to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to the USB flash drive. To set up a Windows® UEFI operating system under RAID mode, ensure to load the UEFI driver for your optical drive. Chapter 5 5-8 Chapter 5: RAID configurations

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5-8
Chapter 5: RAID configurations
Chapter 5
5.2.2
Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
To create a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
:
1.
Start Windows
®
.
2.
Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk.
3.
Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive.
4.
Go to the
Intel AHCI/RAID Driver
menu then click
Intel AHCI/RAID Driver path
to
open the RAID driver folder.
5.
Select
32bit
or
64bit
folder
depending on your operating system. Copy the files of the
selected folder to the root path of your USB floppy disk drive.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid a computer virus infection.
5.2.3
Installing the RAID driver during Windows
®
OS
installation
To install the RAID driver for Windows
®
7:
1.
During the OS installation, click
Load Driver
to allow you to select the installation
media containing the RAID driver.
2.
Insert the USB flash drive with RAID driver into the USB port or the support DVD into
the optical drive, and then click
Browse
.
3.
Click the name of the device you’ve inserted, go to
Drivers
>
RAID
, and then select
the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Click
OK
.
4.
Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.
Before loading the RAID driver from a USB flash drive, you have to use another computer
to copy the RAID driver from the support DVD to the USB flash drive.
To set up a Windows
®
UEFI operating system under RAID mode, ensure to load the UEFI
driver for your optical drive.