ASRock K10N78hSLI-GLAN manual Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions

(There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit.)

.. \ I386 \ AHCI_Vista (For Windows® VistaTM OS)

.. \ AMD64\ AHCI_Vista64 (For Windows® VistaTM 64-bit OS)

After that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / Windows® VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive again to continue the installation.

Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices without NCQ and Hot Plug functions

STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.	Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen	IDE Configuration.

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

STEP 2: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system.

2.16 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows® XP, Windows® XP 64-bit, Windows® VistaTM or Windows® VistaTM 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below procedures according to the OS you install.

2.16.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below steps.

STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.
A.	Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen	IDE Configuration.

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

STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.

Please make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.15.1 step 2 on page 35.

If you want to enable Hot Plug function on eSATAII ports but you install OS on IDE HDD, please skip step 1 and 2.

STEP 3: Set Up BIOS.

Please follow step 1 to set up the BIOS option “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID].

STEP 4: 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

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