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B. Installing Windows Vista

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B. Installing Windows Vista (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 will not be detected at this stage), select Load Driver. (Figure 8). Figure 8 Step 2: Specify the location where the driver is saved. For users using a SATA optical drive, be sure to copy the driver files from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive before installing Windows Vista (go to the BootDrv folder and save the whole Vista32 RAID or Vista64RAID foler to the USB flash drive). Then use Method B to load the driver. Method A: Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system and browse to the following directory: \BootDrv\Vista32RAID For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to the Vista64RAID folder (Figure 9). Method B: Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to the Vista32RAID (for Windows Vista 32-bit) or Vista64RAID (for Windows Vista 64-bit) folder. Figure 9 - 85 - Appendix

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Appendix
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B. Installing Windows Vista
(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 will not be detected at this stage),
select
Load Driver
. (Figure 8).
Figure 8
Figure 9
Step 2:
Specify the location where the driver is saved. For users using a SATA optical drive, be sure to copy
the driver files from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive before installing Windows Vista (go
to the
BootDrv
folder and save the whole
Vista32 RAID
or
Vista64RAID
foler to the USB flash drive).
Then use Method B to load the driver.
Method A:
Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system and browse to the following directory:
\BootDrv\Vista32RAID
For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to the
Vista64RAID
folder (Figure 9).
Method B:
Insert the USB flash drive containing the driver files and browse to the
Vista32RAID
(for Windows Vista
32-bit) or
Vista64RAID
(for Windows Vista 64-bit) folder.