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Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
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5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System Now that you have prepared the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver diskette and configured the required BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows Vista/XP onto your hard drive(s). The following is an example of Windows XP and Vista installation. A. Installing Windows XP Step 1: Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" (Figure 1). After pressing , there will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you see the next screen. Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Figure 1 Step 2: When a screen similar to that below appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SA TA RAID/AHCI driver and press (Figure 2). 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 devices(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 2 - 93 - Appendix