Asus Z7S WS manual Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS

5.5Creating a RAID driver disk

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. For Windows® Vista operating system, use either a floppy disk or a USB device with the RAID driver.

5.5.1Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS

To create a RAID/SATA 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.

5.5.2Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows®

To create a RAID driver disk in Windows® environment:

1.Start Windows®.

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

3.Go to the Make Disk menu, then select the RAID driver disk you wish to create:

•Click Intel(R) ESB2 AHCI/RAID 32bit/64bit Driver to create an Intel® ESB2E AHCI/RAID driver disk for a 32bit/64bit system.

•Click JMicron JMB36X 32bit/64bit SATA/RAID Driver to create a JMicron® JMB36X driver disk for a 32bit/64-bit system.

4.Insert a floppy disk/USB device into the floppy disk drive/USB port.

5.Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.

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

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