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Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation

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Ác (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. The following is an example of ¤¤ Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15). After pressing F6, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen. Figure 15 Step 2: When a screen similar to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 16). Figure 16 SATA Hard Drives Configurations (Intel ICH6R) - 11 -

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Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation
Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install
Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. The following is an example of
Windows XP installation.
Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6
as soon as
you see the "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" message (Figure 15).
After
pressing F6, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen.
Step 2:
When a screen similar to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press
S (Figure 16).