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5.5

Creating a RAID driver disk

A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows

XP/Vista

operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set.
To create a RAID driver disk:

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. Save changes and exit BIOS.
5. Insert the support CD into the optical drive.
6. Press the any key when the system prompts “Press any key to boot from the

optical drive.” The following menu appears:

a) AMD RAID Driver Disk
b) Jmicron JM363 32 bit AHCI/RAID Driver Disk
c) Jmicron JM363 64 bit AHCI/RAID Driver Disk
d) FreeDOS command prompt
Please choose a ~ d:_

7. Press 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.

- OR -

1. Start Windows

2. Place the motherboard support CD into the optical drive.
3. When the Drivers menu appears, click AMD Chipset Driver to create an AMD

RAID driver disk.

4. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.

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

To install the RAID driver:

1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6 key to

install third-party SCSI or RAID driver.

2. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk

drive.