Installing Windows 2000 / Xp / Xp 64-Bit / Vista; Vista 64-Bit With Raid Functions; Installing Windows 2000 / Xp / Xp 64-Bit With Raid Functions - ASROCK ALIVENF5-ESATA2 R3.0 Installation Manual

1.3 Installing Windows
TM
/ Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
TM ® TM
Vista or Windows Vista
please follow below procedures according to the OS you install.
Before installing Windows
disk is supposed to include SP4. If there is no SP4 included in your disk, please
visit the below website for proper procedures of making a SP4 disk:
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy.
htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay
1.3.1 Installing Windows
Functions
If you want to install Windows
/ SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
A. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.
B. During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and
then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM
as the boot device.
C. When you see the message on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver
diskette [YN]?", press <Y>.
D. Then you will see these messages,
Please choose:
1. Generate AHCI Driver diskette for Windows2000/XP/XP64
2. Generate RAID Driver diskette for Windows2000/XP
3. Generate RAID Driver diskette for WindowsXP64
4. Exit
Reboot system now
Press any key to continue
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive. Select your required
item on the list according to the mode you choose and the OS you install.
Then press any key.
E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII
drivers into the floppy diskette.
If you want to enable Hot Plug function on eSATAII ports but you install OS
on IDE HDD, please skip step 2.
® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
® 2000, Windows ® XP, Windows
64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions,
®
2000 to your system, your Windows
® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
® 2000 / Windows ® XP / Windows
Advanced screen
5
TM
® XP 64-bit, Windows ®
®
2000 optical
® XP 64-bit on your SATA
IDE Configuration.