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Figure 5

B. Installing Windows Vista

(The procedure below assumes that only one RAID array exists in your system.)

For the Intel P55:

Step 1:

Restart your system to boot from the Windows Vista setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps.

When a screen similar to that below appears (RAID hard drive will not be detected at this stage), select Load

Driver (Figure 4).

Figure 4

Step 2:

Insertthemotherboarddriverdisk(MethodA)ortheoppydisk/USBashdrivethatcontainsthedriver(Method

B), then specify the location of the driver (Figure 5). Note: For users using a SATA optical drive, be sure to

copythedriverlesfromthemotherboarddriverdisktoaUSBashdrivebeforeinstallingWindowsVista(go

to the BootDrv folder and save the whole iRSTfoldertotheUSBashdrive).ThenuseMethodBtoloadthe

driver.

Method A:

Insert the motherboard driver disk into your system and browse to the following directory:

\BootDrv\iRST\32Bit

For Windows Vista 64-bit, browse to the 64Bit folder.

Method B:

InserttheUSBashdrivecontainingthedriverlesandbrowseto\iRST\32Bit (for Windows Vista 32-bit) or \

iRST\64Bit (for Windows Vista 64-bit).