Asus P5AD2 Deluxe - Creating a RAID Driver Disk

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Chapter 5: Software supportChapter 5: Software support
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Chapter 5: Software support
5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows
®
2000/XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID
set.
To create a RAID driver disk:
1. Place the motherboard support CD in the optical drive.
2. When the
Drivers Drivers
Drivers Drivers
Drivers menu appears, select the RAID driver disk you wish
to create:
• Click
Make ITE8212 Driver Disk Make ITE8212 Driver Disk
Make ITE8212 Driver Disk Make ITE8212 Driver Disk
Make ITE8212 Driver Disk to create an ITE
®
8212F RAID
driver disk.
• Click
Make Silicon Image RAID Driver DiskMake Silicon Image RAID Driver Disk
Make Silicon Image RAID Driver DiskMake Silicon Image RAID Driver Disk
Make Silicon Image RAID Driver Disk to create a Silicon
Image SATARaid™ RAID driver disk
OrOr
OrOr
Or
Browse the contents of the support CD to locate the driver disk
utility:
•
ITE8212 RAID Driver DiskITE8212 RAID Driver Disk
ITE8212 RAID Driver DiskITE8212 RAID Driver Disk
ITE8212 RAID Driver Disk:
\Drivers\ITE8212\MakeDisk
•
Silicon Image RAID Driver DiskSilicon Image RAID Driver Disk
Silicon Image RAID Driver DiskSilicon Image RAID Driver Disk
Silicon Image RAID Driver Disk:
\Drivers\Sil3114\RAID_Disk
•
IntelIntel
IntelIntel
Intel
®
RAID Driver DiskRAID Driver Disk
RAID Driver DiskRAID Driver Disk
RAID Driver Disk:
\Drivers\Chipset\Intel\IAA\F6 Install Floppy\F6flpy32
3. Insert a formatted high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
4. Follow screen instructions to complete the process.
5. After creating a RAID driver disk, eject the floppy disk, then
write-protect it to prevent computer virus infection.
To install the RAID driver:
1. Install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. During
installation, the computer prompts you to press the
F6F6
F6F6
F 6 key if you are
installing a third-party SCSI or RAID driver.
2. Press <F6>, then insert the RAID driver disk to the floppy disk drive.
3. Follow screen instructions to install the RAID drivers.
Refer to section “5.2.2 Drivers menu” for details.