3.8 SATA RAID Driver (for Windows Vista)
The Raid Driver needed when installing Windows Vista operating system is located at the
following path of your CD-ROM drive after placing the “Driver-&-Utility CD” into it:
For Vista 32bit .. CD-ROM Drive:\Drivers\SATARAID\MCP65\Vista32
For Vista 64bit .. CD-ROM Drive:\Drivers\SATARAID\MCP65\Vista64
3.9 SATA RAID Driver (for Windows XP, 2003, or 2000)
The “Driver Disk Maker” program bundled in the Driver-&-Utility CD is a utility to build the driver
program needed for SATA controller into a floppy disk under DOS environment. This procedure
is necessary only for installing Windows operating system to the hard disk connected to
“SATA1~SATA4” connector.
To create a driver disk Under DOS Environment:
1. Before starting, connect a 3.5” floppy disk drive to the “FDC1” connector, and connect a
CD-ROM drive to your motherboard. Prepare a 3.5” floppy disk.
2. After completing all the start-up preparation for hardware setup, power on the system.
3. Enter the BIOS Setup Menu by hitting <Del> key1.
Enter and select the BIOS menu “Advanced BIOS Features”. Configure the option
“First Boot Device” to “CD-ROM”2 drive. Save this selection and exit BIOS setup menu
by accessing the BIOS menu “Save & Exit Setup”.
4. Restart the system. The system will now boot from CD, and enter the ABIT Boot Manager,
the following options appear3:
(0) Boot From First HDD
(1) Make Driver Disk
(2) Boot From First Floppy Drive
(3) Skip CD-ROM Boot (Try Next Boot Device)
Type <1> and hit <Enter> key. The following options appear:
(1) Make Driver Disk
(2) Exit
Type <1> and hit <Enter> key to start making.
5. The driver options appear:
(1) NVRaid Floppy Disk for WinXP_2K_2003 (32bit)
(2) NVRaid Floppy Disk for WinXP_2003 (64bit)
Type the number of the actions you want and hit <Enter> key.
6. Insert floppy disk to the floppy drive4. Press any key to continue.
7. Copying files to floppy now starts. After completed copying, hit the <n> key if you do not
want to make another Driver Disk, and stop at the A:\> prompt.
8. Take out the Driver-&-Utility CD from the CD-ROM drive now. Restart your system5.
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