Asus MAXIMUSII/FORMULA - Maximus II Formula Motherboard - Creating a RAID Driver Disk; Creating a RAID Driver Disk Without Entering the os; Creating a RAID Driver Disk in Windows

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4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
To create a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
:
1. Start Windows
®
.
2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive.
3. Go to the Make disk menu, and then click Intel ICH10R 32/64 bit RAID Driver
Disk to create an Intel
®
ICH10R RAID driver disk.
4. Insert a oppy disk into the oppy disk drive or connect a USB ash disk if you
are using Windows Vista OS.
5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
Write-protect the oppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk
A oppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows
®
XP/Vista
and later operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. For
Windows Vista user, you can create a RAID driver disk with a oppy disk drive or a
USB ash disk drive.
4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS
To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS:
1. Boot your computer.
2. Press <Del> during POST to enter the BIOS setup utility.
3. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device.
4. Insert the support DVD into the optical drive.
5. Save changes and exit BIOS.
6. Press any key when the system prompts “Press any key to boot from the optical
drive.”
7. When the menu appears, press <1> to create a RAID driver disk.
8. Insert a formatted oppy disk into the oppy drive then press <Enter>.
9. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.