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With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install the operating system.
A. Installing Windows 8/7
Step 1:
You need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation. Use an alternative system to copy
Hw8_A88 folder
under BootDrv in the driver disk.
Step 2:
Boot from the Windows 8 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting
you to load the driver appears, select Browse.
Step 3:
RAID driver for Windows 8 32-bit:
For Windows 7, browse to the Hw7_A88 folder.
Step 4:
Select AMD-RAID Controller and click to load the driver and continue the OS installation.
Method A:
• \BootDrv\Hxp
Method B:
Steps:
1. Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk.
2. From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exeBootDrv folder. A Command Prompt
window will open.
3.
example, for the AMD A88X, select .
Refer to the following for installing the driver during the Windows setup process.
Step 1:
Restart your system to boot from the Windows XP setup disk and press <F6> as soon as you see the message
"Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver." A screen will then appear asking you to specify
an additional SCSI adapter. Press <S>.
Step 2:
AMD AHCI Compatible
RAID Controller-x86 platform and press <Enter>.
Step 3:
On the next screen, press <Enter> to continue the driver installation. After the driver installation, you can proceed
with the Windows XP installation.