Driver Installation Guide; Installing Windows Vista; Vista Tm 64-Bit / Xp / Xp 64-Bit Without Raid Functions; Installing Windows Functions - ASROCK H61M-VG3 User Manual

2.13 Driver Installation Guide

To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical
drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and
listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side
to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly.
2.14 Installing Windows
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Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
/ XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow
below procedures according to the OS you install.
2.14.1 Installing Windows
Functions
If you want to install Windows
without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATA2 HDDs with NCQ function
STEP 1: Set Up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY
B. Set the option "SATA Mode Selection" to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATA2 driver diskette. (Please use an USB floppy or a
floppy disk.)
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 / SATA2 drivers
into the floppy diskette.
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8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
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XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID
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XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 HDDs
Advanced screen
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Storage Configuration.