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B. Installing Windows XP

To install Windows XP, you need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation. Without the

driver, the hard drive(s) may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First, copy the driver from

themotherboarddriverdisktoaoppydisk.Refertothemethodsbelow.

Method A:

Copyalllesinthe\BootDrv\Marvell\RAIDfoldertoyouroppydisk.ForAHCImode,depending on whether

you want to install the 32- or 64-bit version, copythelesintheAHCI\Win32 or AHCI\win64 folder.

Method B:

Steps:

1: Use an alternative system and insert the motherboard driver disk.

2: From your optical drive folder, double click the Menu.exeleintheBootDrv folder. A Command Prompt

window will open similar to that in Figure 2.

3: Insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by pressing the corresponding letter from the

menu and press <Enter>. For example, from the menu in Figure 2, select 7) Marvell RAID driver. (For

AHCI drive(s), select Marvell AHCI driver.)

Yoursystemwillthenautomaticallycopythedriverlestotheoppydisk.Pressanykeytoexitwhennished.

Figure 2