ASRock K10N78hSLI-WiFi Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions, Set Up Bios

2.13.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions

If you want to install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.

Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with 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: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.

A.Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit.)

B.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.

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

D.Then you will see these messages,

Please choose:

1.Generate AHCI Driver diskette for WindowsXP

2.Generate RAID Driver diskette for WindowsXP

3.Generate AHCI Driver diskette for WindowsXP64

4.Generate RAID Driver diskette for WindowsXP64

5.Exit

Reboot system now

Press any key to continue

Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive. Select your required item on the list according to the mode you choose and the OS you install. Then press any key.

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

STEP 3: Set Up BIOS.

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

STEP 4: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.

You can start to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At the beginning of Windows® setup, press F6 to install a third-party AHCI driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the NVIDIA® AHCI driver. After reading the floppy disk, the drivers will be presented. Select the driver to install according to the OS you install. The drivers are as below:

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