Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 User Manual page 31

With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
A. Installing Windows 8/7
Step 1:
You need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation. Use an alternative system to copy
under BootDrv in the driver disk.
Step 2:
Boot from the Windows 8 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting
you to load the driver appears, select Browse.
Step 3:
RAID driver for Windows 8 32-bit:
For Windows 7, browse to the Hw7_A88 folder.
Step 4:
Select AMD-RAID Controller and click
Method A:
Method B:
Steps:
1. Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk.
2. From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exe
window will open.
3.
example, for the AMD A88X, select
Refer to the following for installing the driver during the Windows setup process.
Step 1:
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the message
"Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." A screen will then appear asking you to specify
an additional SCSI adapter. Press <S>.
Step 2:
RAID Controller-x86 platform and press <Enter>.
Step 3:
On the next screen, press <Enter> to continue the driver installation. After the driver installation, you can proceed
with the Windows XP installation.
to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
\BootDrv\Hxp
BootDrv folder. A Command Prompt
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Hw8_A88 folder
AMD AHCI Compatible