Asrock a790gmh 128m User Manual

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NOTE. If you install Windows

XP / Windows

XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage

(create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you still
need to set up “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID] first. Then, please set the RAID
configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the following path in
the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide

2.14.2 Installing Windows

Vista

/ Vista

64-bit With

RAID F

RAID Functions

unctions

If you want to install Windows

Vista

or Windows

Vista

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

IDE Configuration.

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

STEP 2: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation
guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID installation
guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide

STEP 3: Install Windows

Vista

/ Vista

64-bit OS on your system.

Insert the Windows

Vista

/ Windows

Vista

64-bit optical disk into the optical drive

to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows

Vista

/ Windows

Vista

64-bit OS on your system. When you see “Where do you want to install Windows?

” page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the “Load
Driver” button on the left on the bottom to load the AMD RAID drivers. AMD RAID drivers
are in the following path in our Support CD:
(There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please
choose the one for Windows

Vista

/ Vista

64-bit.)

.. \ I386

(For Windows

Vista

OS)

.. \ AMD64

(For Windows

Vista

64-bit OS)

After that, please insert Windows

Vista

/ Windows

Vista

64-bit optical disk into

the optical drive again to continue the installation.

STEP 4: Install Windows

XP / Windows

XP 64-bit OS on your system.

After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows

XP / Windows

XP 64-bit OS on your

system. At the beginning of Windows

setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID

driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the AMD
RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to
install according to the OS you install. (Select “AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-
x86 platform” for Windows

XP, or “AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform”

for Windows

XP 64-bit.)