B.
During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and
then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-
ROM as the boot device.
C.
When you see the message on the screen, "Generate Serial ATA driver
diskette [YN]?", press <Y>.
D.
Then you will see these messages,
Please insert a blank
formatted diskette into floppy
drive A:
press any key to start
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press any key.
E.
The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers
into the floppy diskette.
STEP 2: Set Up BIOS.
A.
Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY
B.
Set the "SATA Operation Mode" option to [RAID].
STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation
guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the document in the
Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is
located in the folder at the following path:
.. \Information\Manual\RAID Installation Guide
STEP 4: Install Windows
your system.
After step1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows
XP 64-bit OS on your system. At the beginning of Windows
a third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA driver diskette containing
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the NVIDIA
RAID driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented.
Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install.
NOTE. If you install Windows
HDDs and want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions
on SATA HDDs, you still need to set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID] in BIOS
first. Then, please set the RAID configuration by using "RAID Utility for Windows
Guide" in Windows
"Guide to nVidia RAID Utility for Windows", which is located in the folder at the
following path:
.. \Information\Manual\RAID Utility for Windows Guide
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Advanced screen
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2000 / Windows
XP / Windows
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2000 / Windows
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XP / Windows
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environment. Please refer to the document in the Support CD,
IDE Configuration.
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XP-64bit OS on
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XP / Windows
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setup, press F6 to install
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XP 64-bit on IDE