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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 or later operating
systems, use either a floppy disk or a USB flash drive 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 4.5.4 Using a USB
floppy disk drive.
4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS
To create a RAID 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 <1> to create a 32/64bit Intel AHCI/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. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk.
3. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive.
4. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver to create an Intel
®
RAID driver disk.
5. Select USB floppy disk drive as the destination disk.
6. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid a computer virus infection.
4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows ® OS installation
To install the RAID driver for Windows ® XP
1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6 key to install third-
party SCSI or RAID driver.
2. Press , and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the USB floppy disk drive.
3.
When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install, ensure that you select Intel(R)
ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller.
4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.