5.5Creating a RAID driver disk

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows¨ 2000/XP and later operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set.

To create a RAID driver disk:

1.Place the motherboard support CD into the CD-ROM drive.

2.Select Make Disk tab.

3.From the Make Disk menu, select the RAID driver disk you want to create or browse the contents of the support CD to locate the driver disk utility.

Refer to section Ò5.2.4 Make Disk menuÓ for details.

4.Insert the floppy disk into floppy disk drive.

5.Follow succeeding screen information to complete process.

6.Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.

To install the RAID driver:

1.During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6 key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver.

2.Press <F6> then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive.

3.When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install, make sure you select Intel(R) 82801GHM SATA RAID Controller (Mobile ICH7MR/DH) and JMicron JMB 363.

4.Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.

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