Asus Z87C, Z87WS Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS, To exit the utility

Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Option ROM utility

To exit the utility:

1.From the utility main menu, select 5. Exit, and then press <Enter>. The following warning message appears:

[ CONFIRM EXIT ]

Are you sure you want to exit? (Y/N):

2.Press <Y> to exit or press <N> to return to the utility main menu.

5.2Creating a RAID driver disk

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing a Windows® operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set.

The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. You have to use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk.

5.2.1Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS

To create a RAID driver disk without entering the OS:

1.Boot your computer.

2.Press <delete> 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.When the Make Disk menu appears, press <1> to create a RAID driver disk.

7.Insert a formatted floppy disk into the USB floppy disk drive, then press <Enter>.

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

Chapter 5

ASUS Z87-WS 5-7