Intel GA-8VM800PMD-775 user manual Making a SATA Driver Disk, English, cd bootdrv menu

(4) Making a SATA Driver Disk

To install operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk on the VT8237 controllers successfully, you need to install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to a floppy disk. See the instructions below about how to copy the driver in MS-DOS mode(Note 1). Prepare a startup disk that has CD-ROM support and a blank formatted floppy disk.

Step 1: Insert the prepared startup disk and motherboard driver CD-ROM in your system. Boot from the

startup disk. Once at the A:\> prompt, change to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). At the D:\> prompt, type the following two commands. Press ENTER after each command (Figure14):

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Step 2: When the controller menu (Figure 15) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Press C to select the C) VIA 8237 Series ATA item. Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to the floppy disk.

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Step 3:

Press 0 to exit when the procedure is complete. You have copied the SATA driver successfully.

(Note 1)	For users without a startup disk.
	Use an alternative system and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD-ROM. From the
	CD-ROM drive (example: D:\) double click the MENU.exe file in the BootDrv folder. A
	command prompt window will open similar to that in Figure 15.
(Note 2)	If you wish to install 64-bit Windows Operating System, select F) 8237-XP64.
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