ASRock 970 Extreme4 RAID Installation Guide - Page 4

Installing Windows, 7 64-bit / Vista, Vista, bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID, Functions, XP / XP 64- - drivers windows 8

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hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is 60GB. 3. Please verify the status of your hard disks before you set up your new RAID array. WARNING!! Please backup your data first before you create RAID functions. In the process you create RAID, the system will ask if you want to "Clear Disk Data" or not. It is recommended to select "Yes", and then your future data building will operate under a clean environment. 1.3 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 1.3.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set up UEFI. A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY → Advanced screen → Storage Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Mode" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use USB floppy or floppy disk.) 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 diskette into the floppy drive. WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will 4

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hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity
for the RAID 1 set is 60GB.
3.
Please verify the status of your hard disks before you set up your new RAID array.
WARNING!!
Please backup your data first before you create RAID functions. In the process you create RAID, the system will ask if you
want to “Clear Disk Data” or not. It is recommended to select “Yes”, and then your future data building will operate under a
clean environment.
1.3
Installing Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or
more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install.
1.3.1
Installing Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID
functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set up UEFI.
A.
Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
Storage Configuration.
B.
Set the “SATA Mode” option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use USB floppy or floppy disk.)
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 <F11> 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 <Y>.
D.
Then you will see these messages,
Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive.
WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will