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Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette, Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System - usb drivers

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Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette Copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk (for Windows XP) or a USB flash drive (for Windows 7/Vista). For example, to copy the RAID driver for Windows XP 32-bit operating system, copy the driver from the following directory to your floppy disk: \BootDrv\SBxxx\x86. (To install Windows 64-bit, copy the files in the x64 folder.) Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System A. Installing Windows XP Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to your computer. Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the two drivers displayed. When completed, proceed with the Windows XP installation. B. Installing Windows 7/Vista Restart your system to boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. Select Load Driver. Insert the floppy disk/USB flash drive (for users using a SATA optical drive) containing the driver or insert the motherboard driver disk. For Windows 32-bit, browse to \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W7 to load the driver and continue the OS installation. For Windows 64-bit, browse to \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\ W764A to load the driver and continue the OS installation. - 39 - Appendix

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Appendix
Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette
Copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk (for Windows XP) or
a USB flash drive (for Windows 7/Vista). For example, to copy the RAID driver for Windows XP 32-bit operat
-
ing system, copy the driver from the following directory to your floppy disk:
\BootDrv\SBxxx\x86
. (To install
Windows 64-bit, copy the files in the
x64
folder.)
Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System
A. Installing Windows XP
Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB floppy disk drive to your computer. Restart your system to boot
from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to
install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver."
Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. Follow
the on-screen instructions to install the two drivers displayed. When completed, proceed with the Windows
XP installation.
B. Installing Windows 7/Vista
Restart your system to boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.
Select Load Driver. Insert the floppy disk/USB flash drive (for users using a SATA optical drive) containing the
driver or insert the motherboard driver disk. For Windows 32-bit, browse to
\BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W7
to
load the driver and continue the OS installation. For Windows 64-bit, browse to
\BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\
W764A
to load the driver and continue the OS installation.