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2.20.4 Installing Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit With
RAID
Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit on your SATA /
SATAII / SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.
STEP 1: Set up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Confi guration.
B. Set the option “SATA Mode” to [RAID].
STEP 2: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID confi guration.
Before you start to confi gure the RAID function, you need to check the installation
guide in the Support CD for proper confi guration. Please refer to the document in
the Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Confi guration”,
which is located in the folder at the following path:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 3: Install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your
system.
After the installation of Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS, if you want to
manage RAID functions, you are allowed to use both “RAID Installation Guide” and “Intel
Rapid Storage Information” for RAID confi guration. Please refer to the document in the
Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Confi guration”, which is lo-
cated in the folder at the following path:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
and the document in
the support CD, “Guide to Intel Rapid Storage”, which is located in the folder at the follow-
ing path:
.. \ Intel Rapid Storage Information
If you want to use “Intel Rapid Storage” in Windows
®
environment, install
“SATAII driver” from the Support CD again so that “Intel Rapid Storage”
will be installed to your system as well.