3 8
3 8
3 8
3 8
3 8
Please select A and B for Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit in RAID mode. (There are two RAID
drivers needed for RAID mode, you have to select them separately. Please specify the
first RAID driver and then specify again for the second one.)
NOTE. If you install 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] in BIOS first. Then, please set the
RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide part of the
document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
A. NVIDIA RAID Driver (required)
B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required)
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 F
RAID F
RAID F
RAID F
RAID Functions
unctions
unctions
unctions
unctions
If you want to install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Windows
®
Vista
TM
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 [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
/ Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your system. When you see “Where do you want to install Windows?
” page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the “Load
Driver” button on the left on the bottom to load the NVIDIA
®
RAID drivers. NVIDIA
®
RAID
drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:
(There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please
choose the one for Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit.)
.. \ I386 \ Vista
(For Windows
®
Vista
TM
OS)
.. \ AMD64 \ Vista64
(For Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit OS)
STEP 5: Install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
You can start to install 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 NVIDIA
®
RAID driver. After reading
the floppy disk, the drivers will be presented. Select the drivers to install. The drivers are
as below:
