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STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.

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Since Windows® 2000 RAID / AHCI driver is not provided by the chipset vendor, RAID / AHCI functions are not supported under Windows® 2000. 2.12.1 Installing Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps. Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. B. Set "SATAII Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the option "Configure SATAII as", please set the option to [AHCI]. STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette. A. Insert the 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, "Do you want to 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 . E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette. STEP 3: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. (Windows® 2000 is not supported.) After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, you can start to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a thirdparty AHCI driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel® AHCI 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. You may select: "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop - Windows XP)" for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop - Windows XP64)" for Windows® XP 64-bit. 28 ASRock P45TS-R / P45TS Motherboard English

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P45TS-R / P45TS
Motherboard
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2.12.1
Installing Windows
2.12.1
Installing Windows
2.12.1
Installing Windows
2.12.1
Installing Windows
2.12.1
Installing Windows
®
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit
W
W
W
W
Without RAID F
ithout RAID F
ithout RAID F
ithout RAID F
ithout RAID Functions
unctions
unctions
unctions
unctions
If you want to install Windows
®
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs
without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
IDE Configuration.
B. Set “SATAII Configuration” to [Enhanced], and then in the option “Configure
SATAII as”, please set the option to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
A. Insert the 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, “Do you want to generate Serial
ATA driver diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.
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 <Y>.
E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII
drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 3: Install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. (Windows
®
2000 is
not supported.)
After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, you can start to install Windows
®
XP / XP
64-bit on your system. At the beginning of Windows
®
setup, press F6 to install a third-
party AHCI driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing
the Intel
®
AHCI 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. You may
select: "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop - Windows XP)" for Windows
®
XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA AHCI Controller (Desktop - Windows XP64)" for Windows
®
XP 64-bit.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ function
Since Windows
®
2000 RAID / AHCI driver is not provided by the chipset
vendor, RAID / AHCI functions are not supported under Windows
®
2000.