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2.15 Using SATA / SATAII HDDs With RAID Functions The installation procedures for Windows VistaTM are subject to change. If you want to install Windows® 2000, Windows® XP or Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, you need to make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette before you start the OS installation. STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive at this moment!) STEP 2: During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press key, and then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CDROM as the boot device. STEP 3: When you see the message on the screen, "Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . STEP 4: Then you will see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive. WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will lose ALL data in it! Start to format and copy files [YN]? Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press . STEP 5: The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette. Once you have the SATA / SATAII driver diskette ready, you may start to install Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on your system directly without setting the RAID configuration on your system, or you may start to use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 0+1 / JBOD / RAID 5 configuration before you install the OS. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please find the document, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", at the following path in the Support CD: .. \ Information \ Manual \ RAID Installation Guide \ English.pdf After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, 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 SCSI or RAID driver. When prompted, insert a floppy disk containing the ULi® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install. 35

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Using SA
Using SA
Using SA
Using SA
Using SATA / SA
A / SA
A / SA
A / SA
A / SATAII HDDs W
AII HDDs W
AII HDDs W
AII HDDs W
AII HDDs With RAID F
ith RAID F
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If you want to install Windows
®
2000, Windows
®
XP or Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on
your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, you need to make a SATA / SATAII
driver diskette before you start the OS installation.
STEP 1:
Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.
(Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive at this moment!)
STEP 2:
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.
STEP 3:
When you see the message on the screen, “Do you want to generate
Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.
STEP 4:
Then you will see these messages,
Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive.
WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will
lose ALL data in it!
Start to format and copy files [YN]?
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press <Y>.
STEP 5:
The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA /
SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette.
Once you have the SATA / SATAII driver diskette ready, you may start to install
Windows
®
2000 / Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit on your system directly without
setting the RAID configuration on your system, or you may start to use “RAID Instal-
lation Guide” to set RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 0+1 / JBOD / RAID 5 configuration before
you install the OS. Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check
the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please find the document,
“Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration”, at the following path in
the Support CD:
.. \ Information \ Manual \ RAID Installation Guide \ English.pdf
After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, 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 SCSI or RAID driver. When prompted,
insert a floppy disk containing the ULi
®
RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the
driver will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose
and the OS you install.
The installation procedures for Windows Vista
TM
are subject to change.