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5.6 Using Makedisk.exe Important Notes 1. The Makedisk.exe utility enables you to create a floppy disk with the RAID driver necessary when configuring RAID installations. 2. The Makedisk.exe utility for the Promise® SATA 378 driver is located in "\Drivers\Promise\378ATA\Makedisk.exe" of the support CD. Use this utility when the Operating Mode setting in the BIOS is [Onboard IDE Operate Mode] (default). 3. The Makedisk.exe utility for the FastTrak 378 driver is located in "\Drivers\Promise\378RAID\Makedisk.exe" of the support CD. Use this utility when the Operating Mode setting in the BIOS is [RAID] mode. 4. The Makedisk.exe utility for the VIA® RAID driver is located in "\Drivers\VIARAID\6420RAID\DriverDisk\Makedisk.exe" of the support CD. Use this utility when configuring Serial ATA RAID 0 or RAID 1. A floppy disk with Promise® SATA 378, FastTrak 378 or VIA® RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP™/ 2000™ or NT™ operating systems. Make sure to create a RAID driver floppy disk using Makedisk.exe utility for the VIA® or Promise® ATA/SATA RAID function before installing your operating system. 5. During the OS installation, press the "F6" key and insert the created driver floppy disk to upload RAID driver. Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection. ASUS K8V Deluxe motherboard user guide 5-33

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ASUS K8V Deluxe motherboard user guide
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5.6
Using Makedisk.exe
Important Notes
1.
The Makedisk.exe utility enables you to create a floppy disk with the
RAID driver necessary when configuring RAID installations.
2.
The Makedisk.exe utility for the Promise
®
SATA 378 driver is located in
“\Drivers\Promise\378ATA\Makedisk.exe”
of the support CD. Use
this utility when the
Operating Mode
setting in the BIOS is [Onboard
IDE Operate Mode] (default).
3.
The Makedisk.exe utility for the FastTrak 378 driver
is located in
“\Drivers\Promise\378RAID\Makedisk.exe”
of the support CD. Use
this utility when the
Operating Mode
setting in the BIOS is [RAID]
mode.
4.
The Makedisk.exe utility for the VIA
®
RAID driver
is located in
“\Drivers\VIARAID\6420RAID\DriverDisk\Makedisk.exe”
of the
support CD. Use this utility when configuring Serial ATA RAID 0 or
RAID 1.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
5.
During the OS installation, press the “F6” key and insert the created
driver floppy disk to upload RAID driver.
A floppy disk with Promise
®
SATA 378, FastTrak 378 or VIA
®
RAID
driver is required when installing Windows
®
XP™/ 2000™ or NT™
operating systems. Make sure to create a RAID driver floppy disk using
Makedisk.exe utility for the VIA
®
or Promise
®
ATA/SATA RAID function
before installing your operating system.