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B. Installing Windows Vista

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B. Installing Windows Vista (Note) (The procedure below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.) Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When a screen similar to that below appears (RAID hard drive(s) will not be detected at this stage), select Load Driver. (Figure 7). Figure 7 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved. Refer to the following two ways: Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk for Windows Vista into your system. For Windows Vista 32-bit, browse to the following directory: \Chipset\IDE\Vista\MCP73_32\IDE\WinVista\sataraid For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to: \Chipset\IDE\Vista\MCP73_64\IDE\WinVista64\sataraid Method B: If you have copied the SATA RAID driver to a floppy disk referring to the instructions in "5-1-2," insert the floppy disk (Figure 8) and browse to the floppy disk. Figure 8 (Note) For AHCI drives, installation of Windows V ista does not require you to install the SA TA AHCI driver in advance during the OS installation process. GA-73PVM-S2H Motherboard - 82 -

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B. Installing Windows Vista
(Note)
(The procedure below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.)
Step 1:
Restart your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation
steps. When a screen similar to that below appears (RAID hard drive(s) will not be detected at this
stage), select
Load Driver
. (Figure 7).
Figure 7
Step 2:
Specify the location where the driver is saved. Refer to the following two ways:
Method A:
Insert the motherboard driver disk for Windows Vista into your system. For Windows Vista 32-bit,
browse to the following directory:
\Chipset\IDE\Vista\MCP73_32\IDE\WinVista\sataraid
For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to:
\Chipset\IDE\Vista\MCP73_64\IDE\WinVista64\sataraid
Method B:
If you have copied the SATA RAID driver to a floppy disk referring to the instructions in "5-1-2,"
insert
the floppy disk (Figure 8) and browse to the floppy disk.
Figure 8
(Note)
For AHCI drives, installation of Windows Vista does not require you to install the SATA AHCI
driver in advance during the OS installation process.