ASRock X79 Extreme4-M manual Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode

Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode

This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating system.

1.Please make sure to use Windows® VistaTM 64-bit (with SP1 or above) or Windows® 7 64-bit.

2.Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk.

You can download the driver from ASRock website. (http://download.asrock. com/drivers/Intel/SATA/Floppy_Win7-64_Win7_Vista64_Vista_XP64_

XP(v10.6.0.1002)Z68.zip) and unzip the file into the USB flash disk.

OR Please copy the file from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the files under following directory: D:\ AMD64\Win7-64_Vista64_Intel_v10.6.0.100)

3.Create RAID array for you system. Please refer to "Intel RAID Installation Guide" file for details.

4.Install Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / 7 64-bit:

A.Insert your Windows® VistaTM 64-bit / 7 64-bit installation disc to the optical drive.

B.Press <F11> to launch boot menu at system POST and choose the item “UEFI:xxx“ to boot.

C.Start Windows® Installation. When you see “Where do you want to install

Windows?” page, please click “Load Driver”.

D. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; select “Browse” to find the RAID driver. Then choose the directory (xx\AMD64\) you have copied in the first step.

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