Asus Z97M-PLUS Computer Hardware User Manual


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Chapter 5: RAID congurations
Chapter 5
5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
To create a RAID driver disk in Windows
®
:
1. Start Windows
®
.
2. PlugtheUSBoppydiskdriveandinsertaoppydisk.
3. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive.
4. Go to the AHCI/RAID Driver tab then click Intel AHCI/RAID Driver Path to open the
RAID driver folder.
5. Select 32bit or 64bit folder dependingonyouroperatingsystem.Copythelesofthe
selectedfoldertotherootpathofyourUSBoppydiskdrive.
Write-protecttheoppydisktoavoidacomputervirusinfection.
5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows
®
OS
installation
To install the RAID driver for Windows
®
7:
1. During the OS installation, click Load Driver to allow you to select the installation
media containing the RAID driver.
2. InserttheUSBashdrivewithRAIDdriverintotheUSBportorthesupportDVDinto
the optical drive, and then click Browse.
3. Click the name of the device you’ve inserted, go to Drivers > RAID, and then select
the RAID driver for the corresponding OS version. Click OK.
4. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation.
BeforeloadingtheRAIDdriverfromaUSBashdrive,youhavetouseanothercomputer
tocopytheRAIDdriverfromthesupportDVDtotheUSBashdrive.
To set up a Windows
®
UEFI operating system under RAID mode, ensure to load the UEFI
driver for your optical drive.
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