Installing Windows ® 2000 / Xp / Xp 64-Bit / Vista; Vista Tm 64-Bit With Raid Functions; Installing Windows 2000 / Xp / Xp 64-Bit With Raid Functions - ASROCK 775XFIRE-VSTA - V1.2 User Manual

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If you want to install Windows
on your SATA HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures
according to the OS you install.
The installation procedures for Windows
change. Please visit our website for the updates of Windows
driver and related information in the future.
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If you want to install Windows
RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B. Set "ATA/IDE Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the option "Configure
SATA as", please set the option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Make a SATA Driver Diskette.
A. Insert the 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, "Do you want to generate Serial
ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press <Y>.
D. Then you will see these messages,
Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive.
WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will
lose ALL data in it!
Start to format and copy files [YN]?
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press <Y>.
E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers into
the floppy diskette.
STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation
guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the document in
the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration",
which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide
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