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Chapter 3: Software support
3.4 Creating a RAID driver disk
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows
®
2000/XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in a RAID
set.
To create a RAID driver disk:
1. Place the motherboard support CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. When the
Drivers Drivers
Drivers Drivers
Drivers menu appears, click
Make VIA VT8251 32/Make VIA VT8251 32/
Make VIA VT8251 32/Make VIA VT8251 32/
Make VIA VT8251 32/
64bit RAID Driver Disk64bit RAID Driver Disk
64bit RAID Driver Disk64bit RAID Driver Disk
64bit RAID Driver Disk to create a VIA RAID driver disk
Or
Browse the contents of the support CD to locate the driver disk utility
and go to
\Drivers\Chipset\EIA 4 in 1\Disk\Drivers\Chipset\EIA 4 in 1\Disk
\Drivers\Chipset\EIA 4 in 1\Disk\Drivers\Chipset\EIA 4 in 1\Disk
\Drivers\Chipset\EIA 4 in 1\Disk for the VIA RAID
driver disk utility
3 Insert floppy disk to floppy disk drive.
5. Follow succeeding screen information to complete process.
6. Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
To install the RAID driver:
1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the F6
key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver.
2. Press <F6>
then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy
disk drive.
3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.
Refer to section “3.2.2 Drivers menu” for details.