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3.11 SATA RAID Driver (for Windows Vista)
The Raid Driver needed when installing Windows Vista operating system is located at the
following path of your CD-ROM drive after placing the “Driver-&-Utility CD” into it:
For a RAID configuration connected among “SATA1 ~ SATA6” connectors:
For Vista 32bit
CD-ROM Drive:\Drivers\SATARAID\Intel\Vista32
For Vista 64bit
CD-ROM Drive:\Drivers\SATARAID\Intel\Vista64
For a RAID configuration connected to “eSATA1” connector:
For Vista 32bit
CD-ROM Drive:\Drivers\SATARAID\Jmicron\Vista32
For Vista 64bit
CD-ROM Drive:\Drivers\SATARAID\Jmicron\Vista64
3.12 SATA RAID Driver (for Windows XP, 2003, or 2000)
The “Driver Disk Maker” program bundled in the Driver-&-Utility CD is a utility to build the driver
program needed for SATA controller into a floppy disk under DOS environment. This procedure
is necessary only for installing Windows operating system to the hard disk connected to
“
eSATA1
” or “
SATA1~SATA6
” connector.
To create a driver disk:
1.
Before starting, connect a 3.5” floppy disk drive to the “
FDC1
” connector, and connect a
CD-ROM drive to your motherboard. Prepare a 3.5” floppy disk.
2.
After completing all the start-up preparation for hardware setup, power on the system.
3.
Enter the BIOS Setup Menu by hitting <
Del
> key
.
Enter and select the BIOS menu “
Advanced BIOS Features
”. Configure the option
“
First Boot Device
” to “
CD-ROM
”
drive. Save this selection and exit BIOS setup menu
by accessing the BIOS menu “
Save & Exit Setup
”.
4.
Restart the system. The system will now boot from CD, and enter the ABIT Boot Manager,
the following options appear
:
(0) Boot From First HDD
(1) Make Driver Disk
(2) Boot From First Floppy Drive
(3) Skip CD-ROM Boot (Try Next Boot Device)
Type <
1
> and hit <
Enter
> key. The following options appear:
(1) Make Driver Disk
(2) Exit
Type <
1
> and hit <
Enter
> key to start making.
5.
The driver options appear:
(1) Intel SATA RAID Driver Disk for WinXP_2K_2003_Vista
(2) JMicron SATA RAID Driver Disk for WinXP_2K_2003_Vista
Type the number of the actions you want and hit <
Enter
> key.
6.
Insert floppy disk to the floppy drive
. Press any key to continue.
7.
Copying files to floppy now starts. After completed copying, hit the <
n
> key if you do not
want to make another Driver Disk, and stop at the A:\> prompt.
8.
Take out the Driver-&-Utility CD from the CD-ROM drive now. Restart your system
1
You may refer to the chapter “
BIOS Setup Menu
” in user’s manual on how to do so.
2
The name may vary as per BIOS version. Place the “Driver-&-Utility CD” into the CD-ROM drive now.
3
You will have to type your command within 20 seconds, or the system will boot from HD.
4
You will be asked to do the format procedure if the floppy disk is not blank. Hit <
n
> key for not formatting
another floppy.
5
Now you have this driver disk ready for installing Windows Operating System. Insert this floppy disk to
floppy drive and press <
F6
> key when the screen instruction prompts you to install a third-party SCSI or
RAID driver.
