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VER 1022G-NTF User's Manual
Note:
Window’s Vista, Windows 2008 or later Windows OS systems can use a USB
stick instead of a floppy. For older systems, you must have an external USB floppy
when building the driver diskette.
Building a Driver Diskette
1. Install your system drives from the FTP website. A display as shown in Figure
5-8 will appear.
2. Click on the icon labeled “Build Driver Diskettes and Manuals” and follow the
instructions to create a floppy disk with the drivers on it.
3.
Once it’s been created, remove the floppy and insert the installation CD for
the Windows Operating System you wish to install into the CD-ROM drive of
the new system you are about to configure.
Enabling SATA RAID in the BIOS
Before installing the Windows operating system, you must change some settings
in the BIOS. Boot up the system and hit the <Delete> key to enter the BIOS Setup
Utlility. After the setup utility loads,
1. Use the arrow keys to move to the "Exit" menu. Scroll down using the arrow
keys to "Load Optimal Defaults" and press <Enter>. Select "OK" to confirm,
then <Enter> to load the default settings.
2. Use the arrow keys to move to the "Advanced" menu, then scroll down to
"IDE configuration". On this submenu, scroll down to "OnChip SATA Type"
and choose the "RAID" option (Figure 5-5). “RAID Codebase” submenu ap-
pears. This setting allows you to select the codebase for your RAID setup.
Options are either Adaptec or DotHill.
