Making A Sata Raid/Ahci Driver Disk (For Raid And Ahci Mode); Installing The Raid Drives And Operating System - Zotac G45-ITX series User Manual

Intel G4X-ITX series Motherboard

Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Disk (For RAID and AHCI Mode)

To successfully install operating system onto SATA hard drive(s) that is/are configured to RAID/
AHCI mode, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation. First, copy
the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver disk to a floppy disk. For Windows
Vista installation, you can also copy the SATA controller driver from the motherboard driver disk
to a USB flash drive.
Installing the RAID Drivers and Operating System
A. Installing Windows XP
1. After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the windowsXP CD. Press <F6> as
soon as you see the screen below. A screen will then appear asking you to specify additional
device. Insert the floppy disk containing the SATA RAID/AHCI driver and press <S>.
2. Then a controller menu as the screen below will appear. Select Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/
ICH10R/DO SATA RAID Controller and press <Enter>. On the next screen, press <Enter>
to continue the driver installation. After the driver installation, you can proceed with the
Windows XP installation.
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