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5.6

Using Makedisk.exe

Important Notes

1. The Makedisk.exe utility enables you to create a floppy disk with the

RAID driver necessary when configuring RAID installations.

2. The Makedisk.exe utility for the Promise

®

SATA 378 driver is located in

“\Drivers\Promise\378ATA\Makedisk.exe” of the support CD. Use
this utility when the Operating Mode setting in the BIOS is [Onboard
IDE Operate Mode] (default).

3. The Makedisk.exe utility for the FastTrak 378 driver is located in

“\Drivers\Promise\378RAID\Makedisk.exe” of the support CD. Use
this utility when the Operating Mode setting in the BIOS is [RAID]
mode.

4. The Makedisk.exe utility for the VIA

®

RAID driver is located in

“\Drivers\VIARAID\6420RAID\DriverDisk\Makedisk.exe” of the
support CD. Use this utility when configuring Serial ATA RAID 0 or
RAID 1.

Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.

5. During the OS installation, press the “F6” key and insert the created

driver floppy disk to upload RAID driver.

A floppy disk with Promise

®

SATA 378, FastTrak 378 or VIA

®

RAID

driver is required when installing Windows

®

XP™/ 2000™ or NT™

operating systems. Make sure to create a RAID driver floppy disk using
Makedisk.exe utility for the VIA

®

or Promise

®

ATA/SATA RAID function

before installing your operating system.