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

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.. \ I386 (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64 (For Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS) After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [IDE]. STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 2.14 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 your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install. 2.14.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps. STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.13.1 step 2 on page 29. 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® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. You can start to install Windows® XP / 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 NVIDIA® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the drivers will be presented. Select the drivers to install. The drivers are as below: A. NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) 31

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Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
Storage Configuration.
B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [IDE].
STEP 2: Install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your system.
2.14
2.14
2.14
2.14
2.14
Installing Windows
Installing Windows
Installing Windows
Installing Windows
Installing Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
/
Vista
Vista
Vista
Vista
Vista
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions
64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions
64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions
64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions
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
your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures
according to the OS you install.
2.14.1
Installing Windows
2.14.1
Installing Windows
2.14.1
Installing Windows
2.14.1
Installing Windows
2.14.1
Installing Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
Functions
Functions
Functions
Functions
Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID
functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
Storage Configuration.
B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.13.1 step 2 on
page 29.
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
®
XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
You can start to install Windows
®
XP / 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 NVIDIA
®
RAID driver. After
reading the floppy disk, the drivers will be presented. Select the drivers to install. The
drivers are as below:
.. \ I386
(For Windows
®
Vista
TM
OS)
.. \ AMD64
(For Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit OS)
After that, please insert Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit optical disk into the optical
drive again to continue the installation.
A. NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)
B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)