Installing os on a hdd larger than 2tb, English – ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M User Manual

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ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M Motherboard

Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB

This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows

®

OS to be

installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below
to install the operating system.

1. Please make sure to use

Windows

®

Vista

TM

64-bit (with SP2 or above)

or

Windows

®

7 64-bit (with SP1 or above).

2. Press <F2> or <Delete> at system POST. Set

AHCI Mode in UEFI

Setup Utility > Advanced > Storage Configuration > SATA Mode.
3. Choose the item

“UEFI:xxx“ to boot in UEFI Setup Utility > Boot > Boot

Option #1. (“xxx” is the device which contains your Windows

®

installation

files. Normally it is an optical drive.) You can also press <F11> to launch
boot menu at system POST and choose the item

“UEFI:xxx“ to boot.

4. Start Windows

®

installation.

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