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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A75Chipset,copyalllesinthe\BootDrv\Hxpfoldertoyouroppydisk.
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 2.
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 2, for the AMD A75 Chipset, select 11) hseries AHCI/RAID Driver for
XP. Yoursystemwillthenautomaticallycopythedriverlestotheoppydisk.Pressanykeytoexitwhen
nished.
Figure 2