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Making a SATA RAID Driver Diskette
Before installing Windows XP, connect a USB oppy disk drive to your computer rst because you need to in-
stall the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from a oppy disk that contains the driver during the OS installation. To copy
the RAID driver for Windows XP, copy all les in the \BootDrv\SBxxx\x86 folder in the motherboard driver
disk to your oppy disk. (To install Windows 64-bit, copy the les in the x64 folder.)
Installing the SATA RAID Driver and Operating System
A. Installing Windows XP
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the mes-
sage "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." Insert the oppy disk containing the
SATA RAID driver. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver that suits your operating system.
When completed, proceed with the Windows XP installation.
B. Installing Windows 7/Vista
Restart your system to boot from the Windows 7/Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.
Select Load Driver. Insert the motherboard driver disk and then browse to the location of the driver. Then fol-
low the on-screen instructions to load the driver. The locations of the drivers for Windows 7 are as follows:
RAID driver for Windows 32-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W7
RAID driver for Windows 64-bit: \BootDrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W764A
After loading the driver, continue the OS installation.
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