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Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)

3-2 Installing the SATA RAID/AHCI Driver and Operating System

WiththecorrectBIOSsettings,youarereadytoinstallWindows8/7.

A. Installing Windows 8/7

AsWindows7alreadyincludeIntel

SATA RAID/AHCI driver, you do not need to install separate RAID/AHCI

driverduringtheWindowsinstallationprocess.Aftertheoperatingsystemisinstalled,werecommendthatyou

install all required drivers from the motherboard driver disk using "Xpress Install" to ensure system performance

andcompatibility.ToinstallWindows8,refertothestepsbelow:

Step 1:

Copy the IRST folder under BootDrv in the driver disk to your USB thumb drive.

Step 2:

BootfromtheWindows8setupdiskandperformstandardOSinstallationsteps.Whenthescreenrequesting

you to load the driver appears, select Browse.

Step 3:

Insert the USB thumb drive and then browse to the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are as follows:

Windows32-bit:\iRST\32Bit

Windows64-bit:\iRST\64Bit

Step 4:

WhenascreenasshowninFigure1appears,selectIntel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset

SATA RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation.

Figure 1