ASRock 775V88 Quick Installation Guide - Page 21

2.10 Installing Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions or you want to install Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your IDE HDDs instead of SATA HDDs, please refer to the below methods for proper installation according to the different Windows OS versions. 2.10.1 Installing Windows 98 / ME Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 98 / ME on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions or you want to install Windows 98 / ME on your IDE HDDs instead of SATA HDDs, please follow the below steps. STEP 1: Install Windows 98 / ME OS on your system. You can start to install Windows 98 / ME on your system directly. 2.10.2 Installing Windows XP / 2000 / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP / 2000 / XP 64-bit on your SATA HDDs without RAID functions or you want to install Windows XP / 2000 / XP 64-bit on your IDE HDDs instead of SATA HDDs, please follow the below steps. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option from [RAID] to [non-RAID]. STEP 2: Install Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. After setting up BIOS, you can start to install Windows 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your system. If you don't want to set up RAID functions, there is no need to make a SATA driver diskette. 21 ASRock 775V88/775V88+ Motherboard English