Asrock 770 extreme3 User Manual

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2.13

2.13 Driver Installation Guide

Driver Installation Guide

To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical
drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and
listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom
side to install those required drivers. Therefore, the drivers you install can work
properly.

2.14

2.14 Installing Windows

Installing Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

Vista

64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on

a RAID disk composed of 2 or more SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please
follow below procedures according to the OS you install.

2.14.1 Installing Windows

XP / XP 64-bit With RAID

Functions

unctions

If you want to install Windows

XP / XP 64-bit on a RAID disk composed of 2 or more

SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.

STEP 1: Set up BIOS.
A.

Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Advanced screen

Storage

Configuration.

Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID].

STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII Driver Diskette.
A.

Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.

During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and
then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM
as the boot device.

When you see the message on the screen, “Generate Serial ATA driver
diskette [YN]?”, press <Y>.

Then you will see these messages,

Please insert a blank

formatted diskette into floppy

drive A:

press any key to start

Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key.

The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII
drivers into the floppy diskette.