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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
2.Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk. You can download the driver from ASRock's website and unzip the file into a USB flash disk OR copy the file from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the files under the following directory:
32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Vista_Intel..
64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Vista64_Intel..
3.Create a RAID array for you system. Please refer to "Intel RAID Installation
Guide" file for details.
4.Install Windows® VistaTM
A.Insert your Windows® VistaTM
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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