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Appendix
Figure 3
B. Installing Windows XP
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.Without
thedriver,theharddrive(s)maynotberecognizedduringtheWindowssetupprocess.First,copythedriver
fromthemotherboarddriverdisktoaoppydisk.Refertothemethodsbelow.
Method A:
• FortheAMDSB950Chipset,copyalllesinthe\BootDrv\Hxpfoldertoyouroppydisk.
• FortheMarvell88SE9172,copyalllesinthe\BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\Floppy32foldertoyouroppy
disk. For AHCI mode, depending on whether you want to install the 32- or 64-bit version, copytheles
in the AHCI\Floppy32 or AHCI\Floppy64 folder.
Method B:
Steps:
1. Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk.
2. From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exeleintheBootDrv folder. A Command Prompt
window will open similar to that in Figure 3.
3. Inserttheblankformatteddisk(ifyou'reusingaUSBoppydiskdrive,makesureitisdesignatedasdrive
A).Selectthecontrollerdriverbypressingthecorrespondingletterfromthemenuandpress<Enter>.For
example, from the menu in Figure 3:
• For the AMD SB950 Chipset, select 6) hseries AHCI/RAID for XP
• For the Marvell 88SE9172, select 5) Marvell RAID driver.(ForAHCIdrive(s),selectMarvell AHCI
driver.)
Yoursystemwillthenautomaticallycopythedriverlestotheoppydisk.Pressanykeytoexitwhennished.