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Installing WindowsInstalling Windows

Installing Windows

®®

XP / XP 64-bit / Vista XP / XP 64-bit / Vista

XP / XP 64-bit / Vista

TMTM

/ /

VistaVista

Vista

TMTM

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64-bit W

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If you want to install Windows

XP, Windows

XP 64-bit, Windows

Vista

or Windows

Vista

64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please follow

below procedures according to the OS you install.

NOTE1. If you install Windows

Vista

/ Windows

Vista

64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to

manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs,

you still need to set up “SATA Operation Mode” to [RAID] in BIOS first. Then, please

set the RAID configuration by using the Windows RAID installation guide in the

following path in the Support CD:

.. \ RAID Installation Guide

NOTE2. Currently, if you install Windows

Vista

/ Windows

Vista

64-bit on IDE HDDs

and there are no SATA / SATAII device used, please set up “SATA Operation Mode”

to [IDE] in BIOS.

2.15.1 Installing Windows2.15.1 Installing Windows

2.15.1 Installing Windows

®®

XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID

XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID

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If you want to install Windows

XP or Windows

XP 64-bit on your SATA / SATAII HDDs

without RAID functions, please follow below steps.

Using SATA / SATAII HDDs with NCQ and Hot Plug functions

STEP 1: Set Up BIOS.

A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration.

B. Set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [AHCI].

STEP 2: Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette.

Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette by following section 2.14.1 step 2 on page 33.

STEP 3: Install Windows

XP / Windows

XP 64-bit OS on your system.

After step 1, 2, 3, you can start to install Windows

XP / Windows

XP 64-bit OS on your

system. At the beginning of Windows

setup, press F6 to install a third-party AHCI

driver. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the AMD

AHCI driver. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select the driver to

install according to the OS you install. (Select “AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-

x86 platform” for Windows

XP, or “AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller-x64 platform”

for Windows

XP 64-bit.)

(There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please

choose the one for Windows

Vista

/ Vista

64-bit.)

.. \ I386 (For Windows

Vista

OS)

.. \ AMD64 (For Windows

Vista

64-bit OS)

After that, please insert Windows

Vista

/ Windows

Vista

64-bit optical disk into

the optical drive again to continue the installation.