STEP 3: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set RAID configuration.
Before you start to configure RAID function, you need to check the RAID installation
guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. Please refer to the BIOS RAID
installation guide of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
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STEP 4: Install Windows
After making a SATA / SATAII driver diskette and set RAID configuration, you can start to
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install Windows
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At the beginning of Windows
setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. When prompted, insert the SATA /
SATAII driver diskette containing NVIDIA
floppy disk, the driver will be presented. Select your required driver to install according to
the SATA / SATAII controller support vendor and the OS you install. The driver options are
as below:
1. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) Windows XP/2000
2. NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER (required) Windows XP64
3. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP/2000
4. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) Windows XP64
5. (Windows 2000/XP/2003) RAID/AHCI Driver for JMicron JMB36X Controller
6. (Windows XP/2003 x64) RAID/AHCI Driver for JMicron JMB36X Controller
If you insert HDDs to NVIDIA
according to the OS you install. If you insert HDDs to JMicron
and orange), please choose item 5 or 6 according to the OS you install. You can also
specify twice to load both two drivers if you plan to create RAID on two SATA HDDs and
two SATAII HDDs, but please note that the two SATA HDDs and two SATAII HDDs
provide separated RAID functions.
NOTE. After the installation of Windows
want to manage RAID functions, please refer to the Windows RAID installation
guide of the document in the following path in the Support CD:
.. \ RAID Installation Guide
If you want to use "NVIDIA RAID Tool" in Windows
install SATA drivers from the Support CD again so that "NVIDIA RAID Tool"
will be installed to your system as well. If you want to use "JMicron RAID
Tool" in Windows
Support CD again so that "JMicron RAID Tool" will be installed to your
system as well.
ASRock
2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system.
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and JMicron
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SATA connectors (black), please choose item 1, 2, 3 or 4
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2000 / XP / XP 64-bit OS and RAID utility, if you
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environment, please install SATAII drivers from the
ALiveDual-eSATA2
Motherboard
RAID driver. After reading the
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SATAII connectors (red
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environment, please
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