Asus P5KR - Manual (Page 153)

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5.5 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.
5.5.1 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 CD into the optical drive.
5. Save changes and exit BIOS.
6. Press any key when the system prompts “Press any key to boot from the
optical drive.”
7. When the menu appears, press <1> to create a RAID driver disk.
8. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the floppy drive then press .
9. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
5.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows ®
To create a RAID driver disk in Windows ® :
1. Start Windows ® .
2. Place the motherboard support CD into the optical drive.
3. Go to the Make Disk menu, then click
Intel ICH9R 32/64 bit RAID Driver
Disk to create an Intel ® ICH9R RAID driver disk or the Make JMicron
JMB36X 32/64-bit RAID/AHCI Driver to create a JMicron JMB363 RAID
driver disk.
4. Insert a floppy disk/USB device into the floppy disk drive/USB port.
5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
To install the RAID driver in Windows ® XP:
1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the key to
install third-party SCSI or RAID driver.
2. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk
drive.
3. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install, make sure you select
Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH9R) and JMicron JMB363.
4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.