Asus P5Q TURBO - Manual (Page 111)

ASUS P5Q Turbo 4-17
Chapter 4
4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows ® XP operating system
on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. For Windows ® Vista operating system, use
either a floppy disk or a USB device with the RAID driver.
• 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.
• Windows ® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due to Windows ® XP
limitation. To work around this OS limitation, refer to section 4.5.3 Using a USB
floppy disk drive.
4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS
To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS:
1.
Boot your computer.
2. Press 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 or to create a 32/64bit
Intel ICH10R RAID driver disk.
7. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the USB floppy disk drive, then press .
8. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows ®
To create a RAID driver disk in Windows ® :
1. Start Windows ® .
2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive.
3. Go to the Make disk menu, and then click Intel ICH10R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Disk to
create an Intel ® ICH10R RAID driver disk.
4. Insert a floppy disk into the USB floppy disk drive.
5. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid a computer virus infection.