Owner's Manual

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2.14.2 Installing Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit With
RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit on a RAID disk
composed of 2 or more SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions, please follow below
steps.
STEP 1: Set up UEFI.
A. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage
Conguration.
B. Set the “SATA Mode” option to [RAID].
STEP 2: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID conguration.
Before you start to congure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation
guide in the Support CD for proper conguration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID
installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 3: Make a SATA3 Driver Diskette.
Make a SATA3 driver diskette by following section 2.14.1 step 2 on page 33.
STEP 4: Install Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your
system.
Copy Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit RAID driver from our support
CD to your USB ash rst:
Vista
TM
: \Drivers\Serial ATA For Floppy Disk\AMD\Vista_RAID
Vista
TM
64-bit: \Drivers\Serial ATA For Floppy Disk\AMD\Vista64_RAID
Win7: \Drivers\Serial ATA For Floppy Disk\AMD\W7_RAID
Win7 64-bit: \Drivers\Serial ATA For Floppy Disk\AMD\W764_RAID
Insert the Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit optical disk into the optical
drive to boot your system, and follow the instruction to install OS on your system.
STEP 3: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID conguration.
Before you start to congure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation
guide in the Support CD for proper conguration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID
installation guide part of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
STEP 4: Install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows
®
XP / XP 64-bit OS on your
system. At the beginning of Windows
®
setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID
driver. When prompted, insert the SATA3 driver diskette containing the AMD RAID
driver. After reading the oppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to
install according to the OS you install.