Asus P5Q-EM DO manual Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS

3.3Creating a RAID driver disk

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP/Vista and later operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. For Windows Vista user, you can create a RAID driver disk with a floppy disk drive or a USB flash disk drive.

3.3.1Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS

To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS:

1.Boot your computer.

2.Press <Del> during POST to enter the BIOS setup utility.

3.Set the optical drive as the primary boot device.

4.Insert the support DVD into the optical drive.

5.Save changes and exit BIOS.

6.Press any key when the system prompts “Press any key to boot from the optical drive.”

7.When the menu appears, press <1> to create a RAID driver disk.

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

9.Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.

3.3.2Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows®

To create a RAID driver disk in Windows®:

1.Start Windows®.

2.Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive.

3.Go to the Make disk menu, and then click Intel ICH10R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Disk to create an Intel® ICH10R RAID driver disk.

4.Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive or connect a USB flash disk if you are using Windows Vista OS.

5.Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.

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

To install the RAID driver in Windows XP:

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) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R).

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

To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista:

1.Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port.

2.During the OS installation, select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R).

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

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