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Figure 6
B. Installing Windows Vista
The procedure below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system. Note: You are not required to
loadtheSATAAHCIdriverrstwheninstallingWindowsVistaontotheRAIDdrivesattachedtotheMarvell
9128 controller.
For the Intel P55:
Step 1:
Restart your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.
When a screen similar to that below appears (RAID hard drive will not be detected at this stage), select Load
Driver (Figure 5).
Figure 5
Step 2:
Insertthemotherboarddriverdisk(MethodA)ortheoppydisk/USBashdrivethatcontainsthedriver(Method
B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 6). Note: For users using a SATA optical drive, be sure to
copythedriverlesfromthemotherboarddriverdisktoaUSBashdrivebeforeinstallingWindowsVista(go
to the BootDrv folder and save the whole iRSTfoldertotheUSBashdrive).ThenuseMethodBtoloadthe
driver.
Method A:
Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system and browse to the following directory:
\BootDrv\iRST\32Bit
For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to the 64Bit folder.
Method B:
InserttheUSBashdrivecontainingthedriverlesandbrowseto\iRST\32Bit (for Windows Vista 32-bit) or \
iRST\64Bit (for Windows Vista 64-bit).