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1. If you install Windows
®
2000 / Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and
want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA /
SATAII HDDs, 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
2. If you want to use “VIA RAID Tool” in Windows
®
environment, please install SATA
/ SATAII drivers from the Support CD again so that “VIA RAID Tool” will be
installed to your system as well.
2.16.2 Installing Windows
2.16.2 Installing Windows
2.16.2 Installing Windows
2.16.2 Installing Windows
2.16.2 Installing Windows
®
Vista
Vista
Vista
Vista
Vista
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
/ Vista
/ Vista
/ Vista
/ Vista
/ Vista
TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
64-bit With
64-bit With
64-bit With
64-bit With
64-bit With
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
Vista
TM
or Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit on your SATA /
SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen
IDE Configuration.
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 of the document in the following path in the Support
CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 3: Install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your
system.
Insert the Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit optical disk into the optical
drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/
Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your system. When you see “Where do you want to
install Windows?” page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive,
E. The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII
drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 3: 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 of the document in the following path in the Support
CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 4: Install Windows
®
2000 / Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on
your system.
After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows
®
2000 / Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the beginning of Windows
®
setup, press F6 to install
a third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette
containing the VIA
®
RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be
presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install.
