Gigabyte GA-HA65M-UD3H-B3 Manual - Page 87
B. Installing Windows XP, Method A, BootDrv\Marvell\RAID, AHCI\Win32, Menu.exe, BootDrv
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B. Installing Windows XP To install Windows XP, you need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First, copy the driver from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. Refer to the methods below. Method A: • For the Marvell 88SE9172, copy all files in the \BootDrv\Marvell\RAID folder to your floppy disk. For AHCI mode, depending on whether you want to install the 32- or 64-bit version, copy the files in the AHCI\Win32 or AHCI\win64 folder. Method B: Steps: 1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk. 2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe file in the BootDrv folder. A Command Prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 2. 3: Insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the menu and press . For example, from the menu in Figure 2, • For the Marvell 88SE9172, select 7) Marvell RAID driver. (For AHCI drive(s), select Marvell AHCI driver.) Your system will then automatically copy the driver files to the floppy disk. Press any key to exit when finished. Figure 2 - 87 - Appendix