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prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette containing AMD RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select your required driver to install according to the OS you install. 1.3.2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen →Storage Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration. Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check this RAID installation guide for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in this document for details. STEP 3: Install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system. 5

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prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 driver diskette containing AMD RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk,
the driver will be presented. Select your required driver to install according to the OS you install.
1.3.2
Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII /
SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1:
Set up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
Storage Configuration.
B.
Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID].
STEP 2:
Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check this RAID installation guide for proper configuration.
Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation guide part in this document for details.
STEP 3:
Install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your system.