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Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System, A. Installing Windows 7/Vista

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5-1-4 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 7/Vista/XP. A. Installing Windows 7/Vista (The following instructions use Windows 7 as the example operating system.) For the Intel ICH10R: As Windows 7 and Vista already include Intel SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do not need to install separate RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. After the operating system is installed, we recommend that you install all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to ensure system performance and compatibility. For the JMicron JMB362: Step 1: Boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When you arrive at the "Where do you want to install Windows?" screen, select Load Driver. Step 2: Insert the motherboard driver disk and then browse to the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are as follows: RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\GSATA\32Bit RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\GSATA\64Bit Step 3: When a screen as shown in Figure 1 appears, select GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation Figure 1 - 103 - Appendix

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Appendix
A. Installing Windows 7/Vista
(The following instructions use Windows 7 as the example operating system.)
For the Intel ICH10R:
As Windows 7 and Vista already include Intel SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do not need to install separate
RAID/AHCI driver during the Windows installation process. After the operating system is installed, we recom-
mend that you install all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to ensure
system performance and compatibility.
5-1-4
Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 7/Vista/XP.
For the JMicron JMB362:
Step 1:
Boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When you arrive at the
"Where do you want to install Windows?" screen, select
Load
Driver
.
Step 2:
Insert the motherboard driver disk and then browse to the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers
are as follows:
RAID/AHCI driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\
GSATA\32Bit
RAID/AHCI
driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\
GSATA\64Bit
Step 3:
When a screen as shown in Figure 1 appears, select
GIGABYTE GBB36X Controller
and click
Next
to load
the driver and continue the OS installation
Figure 1