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Creating a RAID driver disk

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5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP/Vista and later operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. For Windows Vista user, you can create a RAID driver disk with a floppy disk drive or a USB flash disk drive. 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Boot your computer. 2. Press during POST to enter the BIOS setup utility. 3. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device. 4. Insert the support CD into the optical drive. 5. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Press any key when the system prompts "Press any key to boot from the optical drive." 7. When the menu appears, press to create a RAID driver disk. 8. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the floppy drive then press . 9. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process. 5.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® To create a RAID driver disk in Windows®: 1. Start Windows®. 2. Place the motherboard support CD into the optical drive. 3. Go to the Make Disk menu, then click Intel ICH9R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Disk to create an Intel® ICH9R RAID driver disk or the Make JMicron JMB36X 32/64-bit RAID Driver to create a JMicron JMB363 RAID driver disk. 4. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive or connect a USB flash disk if you are using Windows Vista OS. 5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process. Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection. 5-52 Chapter 5: Software support

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Chapter 5: Software support
5.5.2
Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
To create a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
:
1.
Start Windows
®
.
2.
Place the motherboard support CD into the optical drive.
3.
Go to the Make Disk menu, then click
Intel ICH9R 32/64 bit RAID Driver
Disk
to create an Intel
®
ICH9R RAID driver disk or the
Make JMicron
JMB36X 32/64-bit RAID Driver
to create a JMicron JMB363 RAID driver
disk.
4.
Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive or connect a USB flash disk if
you are using Windows Vista OS.
5.
Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
5.5
Creating a RAID driver disk
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows
®
XP/Vista
and later operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. For
Windows Vista user, you can create a RAID driver disk with a floppy disk drive or a
USB flash disk drive.
5.5.1
Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS
To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS:
1.
Boot your computer.
2.
Press <Del> during POST to enter the BIOS setup utility.
3.
Set the optical drive as the primary boot device.
4.
Insert the support CD into the optical drive.
5.
Save changes and exit BIOS.
6.
Press any key when the system prompts “Press any key to boot from the
optical drive.”
7.
When the menu appears, press <1> to create a RAID driver disk.
8.
Insert a formatted floppy disk into the floppy drive then press <Enter>.
9.
Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.