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2.14.2 Installing Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/
Vista
TM
64-bit Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS
on your SATA / SATA2 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATA2 HDDs with NCQ function
STEP 1: Set Up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conguration.
B. Set the option “SATA Mode Selection” to [AHCI].
STEP 2: Install Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on
your system.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ function
STEP 1: Set up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conguration.
B. Set the option “SATA Mode Selection” to [IDE].
STEP 2: Install Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on
your system.
STEP 1: Set up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Conguration.
B. Set the option “SATA Mode Selection” to [IDE].
STEP 2: Install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
Using SATA / SATA2 HDDs without NCQ function
STEP 3: Install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
After making a SATA / SATA2 driver diskette, you can start to install Windows
®
XP
/ XP 64-bit on your system. At the beginning of Windows
®
setup, press F6 to install
a third-party AHCI driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATA2 driver diskette
containing the Intel
®
AHCI driver. After reading the oppy disk, the driver will be pre-
sented. Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS
you install.