5.5Creating a RAID driver disk

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® 2000/XP 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.When the Drivers menu appears, select the RAID driver disk you want to create:

•Click Make ITE8212 Driver to create an ITE® 8212F RAID driver disk.

Or

Browse the contents of the support CD to locate the driver disk utility.

•Go to \Drivers\ITE8212\Makedisk.exe for the ITE® 8212F RAID driver disk utility

Refer to section “5.2.2 Drivers menu” for details.

4.Insert a formatted high-density floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.

5.Follow succeeding screen information to complete process.

6.After creating a RAID driver disk, eject the floppy disk, then write-protect it to prevent computer virus infection.

To install the RAID driver:

1.Install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. During installation, the computer prompts you to press the F 6 key if you want to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver.

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

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

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