Areca 24/4 Internal/External Port Pcie 3.0 12 Gb/s SAS/SATA Raid Controller 2Gb Cache - Manual (Page 109)

DRIVER INSTALLATION
109
4.2 Driver Installation for Windows
The SAS RAID controller can be used with Microsoft Windows 10/8/
Server 2012/7/2008/Vista/XP/2003 with StorPort Drivers.
4.2.1 Installing Windows on a RAID Volume
For completed details on installing Windows, see the Windows
User’s Manual. The following procedures detail installing the SAS
RAID controller driver while installing Windows 10/8/Server 2012/
7/2008/Vista/XP/2003. Have your bootable Microsoft Windows
CD and follow the required procedure below to install SAS RAID
controller:
1. Make sure you follow the instructions in Chapter 2 “Hardware
Installation” to install the controller and connect the disk
drives or enclosure.
2. Start the system and then press Tab or F6 to access the Mc
BIOS RAID manager. Use the McBIOS RAID manager to cre-
ate the RAID set and volume set to which you will install Win-
dows. For details, see Chapter 3 “McBIOS RAID manager”.
Once a volume set is created and configured, continue with
next step to install the operating system.
3. Insert the Windows setup CD and reboot the system to begin
the Windows installation.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to begin the Windows instal-
lation.
5. When prompted to specify a location for Windows, select
“ Load Driver ”.
6. Insert the USB driver disk or floppy drive, browse to the driver
location, then click “ OK ”.
7. Window will check the floppy; select the correct card and CPU
type for your hardware from the listing and press “ Next” to
install it.