Vista - ASROCK ALIVENF5-VSTA User Manual

E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA /
SATAII drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 3: Install Windows
After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette, you can start to install Windows
/ XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At the beginning of Windows
install a third-party AHCI driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver
diskette containing the NVIDIA
will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install. The
drivers are as below:
A. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP/2000
B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP64
Please select A for Windows
XP 64-bit in AHCI mode.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [non-RAID].
STEP 2: Install Windows
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2.12.2 Installing Windows 2.12.2 Installing Windows
RAID Functions RAID Functions RAID Functions RAID Functions RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Install Windows
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Insert the Windows

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drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows
Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to
install Windows?" page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive,
and click the "Load Driver" button on the left on the bottom to load the NVIDIA
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drivers. NVIDIA AHCI drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:
.. \ I386 \ Vista32_AHCI (For Windows
.. \ AMD64 \ Vista64_AHCI (For Windows
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2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
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AHCI driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver
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Advanced screen
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