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5-1-2 Making a SATA RAID/AHCI Driver Diskette

(Required for AHCI and RAID Mode)

To successfully install operating systemontoSATAharddrive(s)thatis/areconguredtoRAID/AHCImode,

you need to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation. Without the driver, the hard drive may

not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, copy the driver for the SATA controller from

themotherboarddriverdisktoaoppydisk.ForinstallingWindowsVista,youalsocancopytheSATAcon-

trollerdriverfromthemotherboarddriverdisktoaUSBashdrive.Seetheinstructionsbelowabouthowto

copy the driver in MS-DOS and Windows mode.

3: At the A:\> prompt, type the following command. Press <Enter> after the command (Figure 1):

A:\>copy d:\bootdrv\sbxxx\x86\*.*

(Note)

Figure 1

(Note) Type the driver directory based on the operating system to be installed. Refer to the following table

for the SATA driver directories for different Windows operating systems.

Operating System Directory

Windows XP 32-bit Bootdrv\SBxxx\x86

Windows XP 64-bit Bootdrv\SBxxx\x64

Windows 7 64-bit (AHCI mode) Bootdrv\SBxxxW7\AHCI\Win7x64

Windows 7 64-bit (RAID mode) Bootdrv\SBxxxW7\RAID\W764A