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2.14.2 Installing Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit With
RAID
Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit on a RAID disk
composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below
steps.
STEP 1: Set up UEFI.
A.
Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage
Con guration.
B.
Set the “SATA Mode” option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID confi guration.
Before you start to con gure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation
guide in the Support CD for proper con guration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID
installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 3: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette.
Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following section 2.14.1 step 2 on page 33.
STEP 4: Install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your
system.
Copy Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit RAID driver from our support
CD to your USB ash rst:
Vista
TM
: \Drivers\Serial ATA For Floppy Disk\AMD\Vista_RAID
Vista
TM
64-bit: \Drivers\Serial ATA For Floppy Disk\AMD\Vista64_RAID
Win7: \Drivers\Serial ATA For Floppy Disk\AMD\W7_RAID
Win7 64-bit: \Drivers\Serial ATA For Floppy Disk\AMD\W764_RAID
Insert the Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit optical disk into the optical
drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install OS on your system.
STEP 3: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID confi guration.
Before you start to con gure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation
guide in the Support CD for proper con guration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID
installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 4: Install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows
®
XP / 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 SATA3 driver diskette containing the AMD RAID
driver. After reading the oppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to
install according to the OS you install.