Gigabyte GA-H77M-D3H - Installing the SATA RAID;AHCI Driver and Operating System

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Appendix
A. Installing Windows 7
As Windows 7 already include Intel SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do not need to install separate RAID/AHCI
driver during the Windows installation process. After the operating system is installed, we recommend that you
install all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to ensure system performance
and compatibility.
5-1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
With the correct BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 7/Vista/XP.
B. Installing Windows XP
BeforeinstallingWindowsXP,connectaUSBoppydiskdrivetoyourcomputerrstbecauseyouneedtoinstall
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IntelZ77/H77,copyalllesinthe\BootDrv\iRST\32Bitfoldertoyouroppydisk.ToinstallWindows
64-Bit,copythelesinthe64Bit 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 1.
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 1,
• For the Intel Z77/H77, select 8) Intel Rapid Storage driver for 32bit system for Windows XP 32-bit
operating system.
Yoursystemwillthenautomaticallycopythedriverlestotheoppydisk.Pressanykeytoexitwhennished.
Figure 1