Installing The Sata Raid Driver And Operating System - Gigabyte GA-M85M-US2H User Manual

5-1-3 Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System

With the SATA RAID driver diskette and correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows
operating system onto your hard drives.
A. Installing Windows XP
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" (Figure 1). A screen will then
appear asking you to specify additional device. Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID driver
and press <S> and a screen similar to that in Figure 2 will appear.
Windows Setup
Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver.
Step 2:
The screen displays two drivers, both of which need to be installed. First select NVIDIA RAID Driver
and press <Enter>. On the next screen, press <S> to return to the screen in Figure 2. Then select NVIDIA
nForce Storage Controller and press <Enter>. When both of the two drivers appear on the confirmation
screen, press <Enter> to continue the driver installation. When completed, proceed with the Windows XP
installation.
Windows Setup
ENTER=Select F3=Exit
You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows,
using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.
Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press ESC
to return to the previous screen.
NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)
NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)
Figure 1
Figure 2
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