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. You can create a RAID driver disk using your motherboard support CD.

To create a RAID driver disk:

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

2.When the Drivers menu appears, click RAID Driver Disk to creat a VIA 8237 RAID PLUS Driver Disk

Or

Browse the contents of the support CD to locate the driver disk utility and go to \Drivers\Chipset\MakeDisk\MakeDisk for the VIA RAID driver disk utility.

Refer to section “5.2.2 Drivers menu” for details.

3.Insert floppy disk to floppy disk drive.

4.Follow succeeding screen information to complete process.

5.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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