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Figure 3
B. Installing Windows XP (For the Marvell 88SE9172)
(Note)
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RAIDmode,copyalllesinthe\BootDrv\Marvell\RAID\Floppy32foldertoyouroppydisk.Toinstall
Windows64-Bit,copythelesintheFloppy64 folder.
• 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, select 7) 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.
(Note) TheX79SATARAID/AHCIdriverdoesnotsupportWindowsXP32-bit.ToinstallWindowsXP64-bit,
search for the installation instructions on the Support & Downloads\FAQ page on our website.