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STEP 3: Install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS on your system.
Insert the Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot
your system, and follow the instruction to install Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit
OS on your system. When you see “Where do you want to install Windows?” page,
please insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive, and click the “Load
Driver” button on the left on the bottom to load the Intel
®
RAID drivers. Intel
®
RAID
drivers are in the following path in our Support CD:
.. \ I386 \ Vista (For Windows
®
Vista
TM
OS)
.. \ AMD64 \ Vista64 (For Windows
®
Vista
TM
64-bit OS)
After that, please insert Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit optical disk into the optical
drive again to continue the installation.
If you want to use “Intel Matrix Storage Manager” in Windows
®
environment,
please install SATA / SATAII drivers from the Support CD again so that “Intel
Matrix Storage Manager” will be installed to your system as well.
After the installation of Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS, if you want to manage RAID
functions, you are allowed to use both “RAID Installation Guide” and “Intel Matrix Storage
Manager Information” for RAID 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 Installation Guide and the document in the support
CD, “Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager”, which is located in the folder at the following
path: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information
The installation procedures for Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit are subject to
change. Please visit our website for the updates of Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit
driver and related information in the future.
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Installing WindowsInstalling Windows
Installing WindowsInstalling Windows
Installing Windows
®
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
TM TM
TM TM
TM
//
//
/
VistaVista
VistaVista
Vista
TMTM
TMTM
TM
64-bit Without RAID Functions 64-bit Without RAID Functions
64-bit Without RAID Functions 64-bit Without RAID Functions
64-bit Without RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-bit OS
on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below
procedures according to the OS you install.
2.18.1 Installing Windows2.18.1 Installing Windows
2.18.1 Installing Windows2.18.1 Installing Windows
2.18.1 Installing Windows
®
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit Without
RAID Functions RAID Functions
RAID Functions RAID Functions
RAID Functions
If you want to install Windows
®
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII
HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs and eSATAII devices with NCQ and Hot Plug
functions
