Installing Os On A Hdd Larger Than 2Tb - ASROCK Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Quick Installation Manual

Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB

This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows
on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating
system.
1. Please make sure to use Windows
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Windows 7 64-bit.
2. Press <F2> or <Delete> at system POST. Set AHCI Mode in UEFI Setup Utility >
Advanced > Storage Confi guration > SATA Mode.
3. Choose the item "UEFI:xxx" to boot in UEFI Setup Utility > Boot > Boot Option #1.
("xxx" is the device which contains your Windows
an optical drive.) You can also press <F11> to launch boot menu at system POST
and choose the item "UEFI:xxx" to boot.
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4. Start Windows installation.
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5. If you install Windows 7 64-bit OS, OS will be formatted by GPT (GUID Partition
Table). Please install the hotfi x fi le from Microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979903
ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Motherboard
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Vista 64-bit (with SP1 or above) or
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installation fi les. Normally it is
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OS to be installed
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