5.6Using Intel® / VIA® Makedisk.exe

Important Notes

1.The Makedisk.exe utility enables you to create a floppy disk with the RAID driver necessary when configuring RAID installations.

2.The Makedisk.exe utility for Intel® RAID is located in “/Drivers/chipset/IAA/Makedisk.exe” of the support CD.

The Makedisk.exe utility for Intel® RAID is supported in

Windows® XP™ only.

3.The Makedisk.exe utility for VIA® RAID is located in “/Drivers/VIARAID/Makedisk.exe” of the support CD.

A floppy disk with VIA® RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP™/ 2000™ or NT™ operating systems. Make sure to create a RAID driver floppy disk using Makedisk.exe utility for VIA® RAID function before installing your operating system.

4.During OS installation, press the “F6” key and insert the created driver floppy disk to upload RAID driver.

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

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