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Install Windows XP
1. Press [Del] during POST to enter BIOS.
2. Insert the Windows XP installation CD into the optical drive.
3. Set the “1st Boot Device” to “CD/DVD-ROM”, save changes and exit BIOS.
4. Press [F6] as soon as you see the message “Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI
or RAID driver”.
5. Insert the RAID driver floppy disk into the floppy disk drive, and press [S] to continue.
6. There will be two drivers, select "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x86 platform" for 32bit
XP or "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform" for 64bit XP, press [Enter].
7. A confirmation message appears to double check if the driver is really what we wanted, press
[Enter] to continue. Then follow the screen prompt to complete the Windows XP installation.
Install Windows Vista
1. Press [Del] during POST to enter BIOS.
2. Insert the Windows Vista installation CD into the optical drive.
3. Set the “1st Boot Device” to “CD/DVD-ROM”, save changes and exit BIOS.
4. When the screen shows “No driver were founded...”, select “Load Driver”.
5. Insert the floppy disk/USB disk into the floppy drive/USB port, then specify the location of the
driver.
6. Select "AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller" and press "Next".
7. After the driver is loaded, the RAID hard disk will appear. Select it and press "Next" to continue
the OS installation.
