Asus P6T SE - Manual (Page 105)

ASUS P6T SE 4-15
Chapter 4
4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows ® XP operating system
on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID set. For Windows ® Vista operating system, use
either a floppy disk or a USB device with the RAID driver.
The motherboard does not provide a floppy drive connector. You have to use a USB floppy
drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk.
4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS
To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS:
1.
Boot your computer.
2. Press <Del> during POST to enter the BIOS setup utility.
3. Set the optical drive as the primary boot device.
4. Insert the support DVD into the optical drive.
5.
Save changes and exit BIOS.
6. When the Make Disk menu appears, press <a> or <b> to create a 32/64bit
Intel ICH10R RAID driver disk.
7. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the floppy drive then press <Enter>.
8. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows ®
To create a RAID driver disk in Windows ® :
1. Start Windows ® .
2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive.
3. Go to the Make disk menu, and then click Intel ICH10R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Disk to
create an Intel ® ICH10R RAID driver disk.
4. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive.
5. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid a computer virus infection.
To install the RAID driver in Windows ® XP:
1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6 key to install third-
party SCSI or RAID driver.
2. Press <F6>, and then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive.
3.
When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install, ensure that you select Intel(R)
SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R).
4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.
To install the RAID driver in Windows ® Vista™:
1. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port.
2. During the OS installation, select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R).
3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.