Creating A Raid Driver Disk; Creating A Raid Driver Disk Without Entering The Os; Creating A Raid Driver Disk In Windows - Asus P5E-VM - Motherboard - Micro ATX User Manual

5.5

Creating a RAID driver disk

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows
and later operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. For
Windows Vista user, you can create a RAID driver disk with a floppy disk drive or a
USB flash disk drive.
5.5.1

Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS

To create a RAID 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 CD 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/USB device into the floppy drive then press
<Enter>.
9. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
5.5.2

Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows

To create a RAID driver disk in Windows
1. Start Windows
2. Place the motherboard support CD into the optical drive.
3. Go to the Make Disk menu, then click Intel ICH9R 32/64 bit RAID/AHCI
Driver Disk to create an Intel
4. Insert a floppy disk/USB device into the floppy disk drive or connect a USB
flash disk if you are using Windows Vista OS.
5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
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