ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA Quick Installation Guide - Page 23

2.12 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions The installation procedures for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit are subject to change. Please visit our website for the updates of Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit driver and related information in the future. If you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 2.12.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA Driver Diskette. A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM as the boot device. C. When you see the message on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . D. Then you will see these messages, Please insert a blank formatted diskette into floppy drive A: press any key to start Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key. E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into the floppy diskette. STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration. Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide 23 ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA Motherboard English