ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 User Manual - Page 38

E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII 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 part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 4: Install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the ATITM RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install. (Select "ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform" for Windows® 2000 and Windows® XP, or "ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform" for Windows® XP 64-bit.) NOTE1. If you install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still need to set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID] first. Then, please set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide NOTE2. If your operating system is Windows® 2000, please install the graphics card driver before you install "SATA2 Utility" from our support CD to your system. 2.16.2 Installing Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII 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: 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 part of the document in the following path in the Support CD: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. Insert the Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows® VistaTM / 38