3 8
3 8
3 8
3 8
3 8
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 part 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 ATI
TM
RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be
presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install. (Select “ATI
AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform” for Windows
®
2000 and Windows
®
XP, or “ATI AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform” for Windows
®
XP 64-bit.)
NOTE1. 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] first. Then, please
set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the
following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
NOTE2. If your operating system is Windows
®
2000, please install the graphics card driver
before you install “SATA2 Utility” from our support CD to your system.
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 a RAID disk
composed of 2 or more 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
/
