ASROCK ALIVENF5-VSTA, User Manual

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NOTE. 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, you still need to set up “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID]
in BIOS first. Then, 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
2.13.2 Installing Windows 2.13.2 Installing Windows
2.13.2 Installing Windows 2.13.2 Installing Windows
2.13.2 Installing Windows
®
Vista Vista
Vista Vista
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/ Vista / Vista
/ Vista
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TM TM TM 64-bit With RAID 64-bit With RAID
64-bit With RAID 64-bit With RAID
64-bit With RAID
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Functions Functions
Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ 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 part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 3: Install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ 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,
and click the “Load Driver” button on the left on the bottom to load the NVIDIA
®
RAID
drivers. NVIDIA ® RAID drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:
.. \ I386 \ Vista32_RAID (For Windows ® Vista TM OS)
.. \ AMD64 \ Vista64_RAID (For Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit OS)
After that, please insert Windows ® Vista TM / Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit optical disk into
the optical drive again to continue the installation.
STEP 4: Install Windows ® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
After step1, 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 NVIDIA ® RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the drivers will be
presented. Select the drivers to install. The drivers are as below:
Please select A and B for Windows
®
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit in RAID mode. (There are
two RAID drivers needed for RAID mode, you have to select them separately. Please
specify the first RAID driver and then specify again for the second one.)
A. NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)
B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)