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Driver Installation Guide, Installing Windows, 7 64-bit / Vista, Vista, bit / XP / XP 64-bit - raid

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2.15 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. 2.16 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. 2.16.1 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]. (For SATA3_1 to SATA3_6 ports.) Set the option "Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode" to [RAID]. (For eSATA3 ports.) 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 lose ALL data in it! Start to format and copy files [YN]? Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key. E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA3 drivers into the floppy diskette. 46

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2.15
Driver Installation Guide
To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical
drive
rst. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and
listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side
to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly.
2.16
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.
2.16.1
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 Con
guration.
B. Set the “SATA Mode” option to [RAID]. (For SATA3_1 to SATA3_6 ports.)
Set the option “Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode” to [RAID]. (For eSATA3 ports.)
STEP 2: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette. (Please use USB
oppy or
oppy 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
oppy drive.
WARNING! Formatting the
oppy diskette will
lose ALL data in it!
Start to format and copy
les [YN]?
Please insert a
oppy diskette into the
oppy drive, and press any key.
E. The system will start to format the
oppy diskette and copy SATA3 drivers into
the
oppy diskette.