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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
SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: 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 insert a blank
formatted diskette into floppy
drive A:
press any key to start
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key.
E.
The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA /
SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 2: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID].
STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation
guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID
installation guide in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
®
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 or Windows
Advanced screen
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TM
/
®
XP 64-bit, Windows
®
®
2000 optical
®
XP 64-bit on your
IDE Configuration.
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