MSI K9N SLI V2 Series Manual page 91

Installing Driver
Install Driver in Windows Vista / XP
† New Windows Vista/ XP Installation
The following details the installation of the drivers while installing W indows XP.
1. W hen you start installing W indows XP, you may encounter a message stating,
"Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices
installed in your system". If this is the case, then you are already in the right
place and are ready to supply the driver. If this is not the case, then press F6
when prompted at the beginning of W indows setup.
2. Press the "S" key to select "Specify Additional Device".
3. You should be prompted to insert a floppy disk containing the NVIDIA RAID
driver into the A: drive,and then press ENTER.
4. You should be shown a list of available NVRAID Adapaters.
Important
Please follow the instruction below to make an "NVIDIA RAID Driver" for
yourself.
1. Insert the MSI CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Click the "Browse CD" on the Setup screen.
3. Copy all the contents in the
for Windows XP: \\nVidia\System\MCP65\IDE\WinXP\sataraid to a format-
ted floppy disk.
for Windows Vista ChipSet\Nvidia\Vista32\1500G\IDE\WinVista\sataraid
or ChipSet\Nvidia\Vista64\1500G\IDE\WinVista\sataraid to a medium
(floppy disk/ CD/ DVD or USB).
4. The driver diskette for NVIDIA RAID Controller is done.
5. Select the "NVIDIA RAID Driver" and press ENTER.
6. Press "S" again at the Specify Devices screen, then press ENTER.
7. Select "NVIDIA NForce Storage Controller" and then press ENTER.
8. Press Enter to continue with W indows XP Installation. Be sure to leave the
floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of W in-
dows XP installation is completed, then take out the floppy.
9. Follow the instructions on how to install W indows XP. After W indows XP is
completely installed, it is recommended that you install the RAID management
tool.
For W indows Vista:
During the operating system installation, after selecting the location to install
W indows Vista, please click on the "Load Driver" button to install RAID driver.
Please refer the Important notice above to make a RAID Driver medium. And
then, follow the instructions on the screen to complete the whole installation.
Notice: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have
to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that, the driver will not
have to be installed.
nVidia RAID
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