Creating A Raid Driver Disk; Creating A Raid Driver Disk Without Entering The Os; Creating A Raid/Sata Driver Disk In Windows - Asus M3A79-T Deluxe - Motherboard - ATX User Manual

4.5

Creating a RAID driver disk

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows
operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set.
For Windows ® Vista™ operating system, use either the motherboard support CD/
DVD or a USB device with the RAID driver.
4.5.1

Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS

To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS:
1. Boot your computer.
2. Press <Del> during POST to enter the BIOS setup utility.
3. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device.
4. Insert the support DVD into the optical drive.
5. Save changes and exit BIOS.
6. Press any key when the system prompts "Press any key to boot from the
optical drive."
7. When the menu appears, press <1> to create a RAID driver disk.
8. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the floppy drive then press <Enter>.
9. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
4.5.2

Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows

1. Start Windows
2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive.
Go to the Make Disk menu, then click ATI RAID/AHCI 32/64bit WinXP/Vista
3.
Driver to create a RAID driver disk.
4. Insert a floppy disk/USB device into the floppy disk drive/USB port.
5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
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