ASROCK K7NF2-RAID Datasheet download pdf (Page 20)

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Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP With RAIDInstalling Windows 2000 / Windows XP With RAID

Installing Windows 2000 / Windows XP With RAID

FunctionsFunctions

Functions

If you wa nt to install W indows 2000 or W indows XP on your SATA HDDs with RAID

function s, ple ase f ollow the below ste ps.

STEP 1: Make a SATA Driver Dis kette.

A. In sert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your syste m.

B. During POST at the beginning of syste m boot-up, pre ss <F11> key, and

then a window f or boot device s sele ction a p p e ars. Ple ase sele ct CD-

ROM as the boot device.

C. When you see the message on the screen, “Do you want to generate

Seri al A T A driver dis kette [YN]?”, pre ss <Y>.

D. Then you will see these messages,

Ple ase in sert a dis kette into the floppy drive.

W A RNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will

lose ALL data in it!

Start to format and copy files [YN]?

Ple ase in sert a floppy dis kette into the floppy drive, a nd pre ss <Y>.

E. The system will start to f ormat the floppy dis kette a nd copy SATA drivers

into the floppy diskette.

STEP 2: Set Up BIOS.

A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY ¡÷Advanced screen ¡÷IDE Configuration.

B. Set the “SAT A Operation Mode” option from [non-RAID] to [RAID].

STEP 3: Use “RAID BIOS Setting Utility” to set RAID configuration.

Before you start to configure the RAID function, you need to

check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration.

Please refer to the document in the Support CD, “Guide to SATA Hard

Disks Installation and RAID Configuration”, which is located in the folder

at the following path:

.. \ RAID BIOS Setting Utility

After step1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows 2000 / Windows XP.

NOTE. If you install Windows 2000 / Windows XP on IDE HDDs and want to manage

(create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions, you still need to set up

“RAID Operation Mode” to [RAID] f irst. Then, please set the RAID conf igura

-tion by using “RAID Utility for Windows” in Windows environment.

Ple ase refer to the document in the Support CD, “Guide to nV idia RAID Utility

for Windows”, which is located in the folder at the following path:

.. \ RAID Utility for Windows

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