3.4Creating 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. Use the support CD that came with the motherboard package to create a RAID driver disk.

To use the support CD:

1.Boot your computer and insert the support CD into the optical drive.

2.Make sure that the optical drive is the primary boot device. If not, set the optical drive as the primary boot device in the BIOS.

3.Press the any key when the prompts ÒPress any key to boot from the optical drive.Ó The following menu appears:

1)Make SIS RAID Driver Disk

2)Format Floppy Disk

3)FreeDOS command prompt

Please choose 1 ~ 3:_

4.Press <1> to create a RAID driver disk.

5.Insert a formatted floppy disk into the floppy drive then press <Enter>.

6.Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.

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

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