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Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation - manual

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Ác (5) Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you can begin to install Windows 2000/XP onto your IDE hard disk with the IDE RAID driver. This procedure ¤¤ assumes 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 a message which says "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." After pressing the F6 key, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen for you to specify the IDE RAID controller on your motherboard. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 18 Step 2: When a screen similar to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the IDE RAID driver and press S to specify the IDE RAID controller. Then you will be asked to select the IDE RAID controller on your motherboard. Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s) * To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER. S=Specify Additional Device ENTER=Continue F3=Exit Figure 19 VIA VT6410 IDE RAID Drives Configuration - 12 -

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Figure 18
Windows Setup
Press F6 if you need to install
a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver.
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Installing IDE RAID controller driver during OS installation
Now that you have prepared a floppy disk with the IDE RAID driver and adjusted BIOS settings, you
can begin to install Windows 2000/XP onto your IDE hard disk with the IDE RAID driver. This procedure
assumes 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 a message which says "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID
driver."
After pressing the F6 key, there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you
see the next screen for you to specify the IDE RAID controller on your motherboard.
Step 2:
When a screen similar to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the IDE RAID driver and
press S to specify the IDE RAID controller. Then you will be asked to select the IDE RAID controller on
your motherboard.
Figure 19
Windows Setup
S=Specify Additional Device
ENTER=Continue
F3=Exit
Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices
installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter.
Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage device(s)
<none>
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or special
disk
controllers for use with Windows, including those for
which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device
manufacturer, press S.
* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage
device manufacturer, or do not want to specify additional
mass storage devices for use with Windows, press ENTER.