Gigabyte GA-Z87N-WIFI - Installing the SATA RAID;AHCI Driver and Operating System

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Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)
3-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
WiththecorrectBIOSsettings,youarereadytoinstallWindows8/7.
Figure 1
A. Installing Windows 8/7
As Windows 7 already include Intel
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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.ToinstallWindows8,refertothestepsbelow:
Step 1:
Copy the IRST folder under BootDrv in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive.
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:
Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are as follows:
Windows 32-bit: \iRST\32Bit
Windows 64-bit: \iRST\64Bit
Step 4:
WhenascreenasshowninFigure1appears,selectIntel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset
SATA RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation