Installing Os On A Hdd Larger Than 2Tb In Raid Mode - ASROCK X79 Extreme7 User Manual

Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode

This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows
large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating
system.
1. Please make sure to use Windows
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Windows 7 64-bit.
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2. Copy Intel RAID drivers into a USB ash disk.
You can download the driver from ASRock website. (http://download.asrock.
com/drivers/Intel/SATA/Floppy_Win7-64_Win7_Vista64_Vista_XP64_
XP(v10.6.0.1002)Z68.zip) and unzip the le into the USB ash disk.
OR Please copy the le from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the
les under following directory: D:\ AMD64\Win7-64_Vista64_Intel_v10.6.0.100)
3. Create RAID array for you system. Please refer to "Intel RAID Installation Guide"
le for details.
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4. Install Windows Vista
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A. Insert your Windows
drive.
B. Press <F11> to launch boot menu at system POST and choose the item
"UEFI:xxx" to boot.
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C. Start Windows Installation. When you see "Where do you want to install
Windows?" page, please click "Load Driver".
D. Plug the USB ash disk into your USB port; select "Browse" to nd the RAID
driver. Then choose the directory (xx\AMD64\) you have copied in the rst
step.
64-bit (with SP1 or above) or
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Vista
64-bit / 7 64-bit:
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Vista 64-bit / 7 64-bit installation disc to the optical
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OS to be installed on a