Chapter 4 Installing The Operating System And Drivers; Operating System Installation - Gigabyte Z790 EAGLE AX User Manual

Chapter 4 Installing the Operating System and Drivers
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Operating System Installation

With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
To install an operating system on a RAID volume, you need to install the Intel RST VMD Controller driver first
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during the OS installation process. Refer to the steps below:
Step 1:
Go to GIGABYTE's website, browse to the motherboard model's web page, download the Intel SATA Preinstall
driver file on the Support\Download\SATA RAID/AHCI page, unzip the file and copy the files to your USB thumb
drive.
Step 2:
Boot from the Windows setup disc and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting you
to load the driver appears, select Browse.
Step 3:
Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the location of the driver. When a screen as shown below appears,
select Intel RST VMD Controller 467F and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation. Finally,
continue the OS installation.
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