Installing Windows; Vista Tm; Vista Tm / Vista Tm; Vista Tm / Vista Tm 64-Bit With Raid Functions - ASROCK N7AD-SLI - V1.0 User Manual

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STEP 5: Install Windows
You can start to install Windows
beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When prompted,
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insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the NVIDIA
the floppy disk, the drivers will be presented. Select the drivers to install. The drivers are
as below:
A. NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)
B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)
Please select A and B for Windows
drivers needed for RAID mode, you have to select them separately. Please specify the
first RAID driver and then specify again for the second one.)
NOTE. If you install Windows
(create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still
need to set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please set the
RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide part of the
document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide

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If you want to install Windows
SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B. Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation
guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID
installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 3: Install Windows ®
Insert the Windows Vista
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to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows
Vista 64-bit OS on your system. When you see "Where do you want to install Windows?
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" 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
drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:
.. \ I386 \ Vista32_RAID (For Windows
.. \ AMD64 \ Vista64_RAID (For Windows
After that, please insert Windows
the optical drive again to continue the installation.
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