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1-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System
WiththecorrectBIOSsettings,youarereadytoinstalltheoperatingsystem.
A. Installing Windows
AssomeoperatingsystemsalreadyincludeSATARAID/AHCIdriver,youdonotneedtoinstallseparateRAID/
AHCIdriverduringtheWindowsinstallationprocess.Aftertheoperatingsystemisinstalled,werecommend
thatyouinstallallrequireddriversfromthemotherboarddriverdiskusing"XpressInstall"toensuresystem
performanceandcompatibility.IftheoperatingsystemtobeinstalledrequiresthatyouprovideadditionalSATA
RAID/AHCIdriverduringtheOSinstallationprocess,pleaserefertothestepsbelow:
Step1:
CopytheHw10 folderunderthe\BootDrvfolderinthedriverdisktoyourUSBthumbdrive.
Step2:
BootfromtheWindowssetupdiskandperformstandardOSinstallationsteps.Whenthescreenrequestingyou
toloadthedriverappears,selectBrowse.
Step3:
InserttheUSBthumbdriveandthenbrowsetothelocationofthedriver.Thelocationofthedriverisasfollows:
Windows64-bit:\Hw10\RAID\x64
Step4:
WhenascreenasshowninFigure1appears,selectAMD-RAID Bottom DevicerstandclickNexttoloadthe
driver.ThenselectAMD-RAID ControllerandclickNexttoloadthedriver.Finally,continuetheOSinstallation.
Figure1