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ASRock X79 Extreme3 Motherboard
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Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode
This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows
®
OS to be installed on a
large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating
system.
1. Please make sure to use
Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit (with SP1 or above)
or
Windows
®
7 64-bit
.
2. Copy Intel
®
RAID drivers into a USB flash disk. You can download the driver from
ASRock's website and unzip the file into a USB flash disk
OR
copy the file from
ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the files under the following
directory:
32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Vista_Intel_v3.0.0.1112
64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Vista64_Intel_v3.0.0.1112
3. Create a RAID array for you system. Please refer to "Intel RAID Installation
Guide" file for details.
4. Install Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit / 7 64-bit:
A. Insert your Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit / 7 64-bit installation disc to the optical
drive.
B. Press <F11> to launch boot menu at system POST and choose the item
“UEFI:xxx“ to boot.
C. Start Windows
®
Installation. When you see “Where do you want to install
Windows?” page, please click “Load Driver”.
D. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; select “Browse” to find the RAID
driver. Then choose the directory (xx\AMD64\) you have copied in the first
step.
