1.3
Installing Windows
®
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit With RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
2000, Windows
®
XP, Windows
®
XP 64-bit, Windows
®
Vista
TM
or Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions,
please follow below procedures according to the OS you install.
Before installing Windows
®
2000 to your system, your Windows
®
2000 optical
disk is supposed to include SP4. If there is no SP4 included in your disk, please
visit the below website for proper procedures of making a SP4 disk:
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/spdeploy.
htm#the_integrated_installation_fmay
1.3.1 Installing Windows
®
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID
Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
2000 / Windows
®
XP / Windows
®
XP 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 [IDE].
STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.
A.
Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.
B.
During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and
then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM
as the boot device.
C.
When you see the message on the screen, “Generate Serial ATA driver
diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.
D.
Then you will see these messages,
Please insert a blank
formatted diskette into floppy
drive A:
press any key to start
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key.
E.
The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII
drivers into the floppy diskette.
STEP 3: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced screen
IDE Configuration.
B.
Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID].
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