ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Quick Installation Guide - Page 34

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 part of the document 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. 2.17 Installing Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit / Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without RAID functions, Please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. Before installing Windows® 2000 to your system, your CD is supposed to include SP4. If there is no SP4 included in your disk, please visit the below website for proper procedures of making a SP4 disk: http://www.microsoft.com/Windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy. htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay 2.17.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions NOTE1. If you install single or multiple SATA / SATAII HDDs on this motherboard and plan to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on SATA / SATAII HDDs, it is still suggested to use RAID mode even you don't plan to use RAID functions. Please follow the steps of "Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug functions" below. NOTE2. AHCI mode is only recommended for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit users. If you install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit, it is not suggested to use AHCI mode. 34 ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Motherboard English