ASRock X79 Extreme7 - Manual (Page 233)

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ASRock X79 Extreme7 Motherboard
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Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode
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 SP1 or above) or
Windows ® 7 64-bit.
2. Copy Intel ® RAID drivers into a USB fl ash disk.
You can download the driver from ASRock website. (http://download.asrock.
com/drivers/Intel/SATA/Floppy_Win7-64_Win7_Vista64_Vista_XP64_
XP(v10.6.0.1002)Z68.zip) and unzip the fi le into the USB fl ash disk.
OR Please copy the fi le from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the
fi les under following directory: D:\ AMD64\Win7-64_Vista64_Intel_v10.6.0.100)
3. Create RAID array for you system. Please refer to "Intel RAID Installation Guide"
fi le for details.
4. Install Windows
® Vista TM 64-bit / 7 64-bit:
A. Insert your Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit / 7 64-bit installation disc to the optical
drive.
B. Press <F11> to launch boot menu at system POST and choose the item
“UEFI:xxx“ to boot.
C. Start Windows
® Installation. When you see “Where do you want to install
Windows?” page, please click “Load Driver”.
D. Plug the USB fl ash disk into your USB port; select “Browse” to fi nd the RAID
driver. Then choose the directory (xx\AMD64\) you have copied in the fi rst
step.