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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller SiS 964 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 10 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 12
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller SiS 964 2 (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer 2 (2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence in BIOS Setup 3 (3) Configuring RAID set in RAID BIOS 5 (4) Making a SATA controller driver disk 10 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 12
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... prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. If you do not want to create RAID with identical model and capacity...
... prepare only one hard drive. (b) An empty formatted floppy disk. (c) Windows XP/2000 setup disk. (d) Driver CD for your motherboard. (1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in RAID BIOS. (4) Make a floppy disk containing the SATA controller driver. (5) Install the SATA controller driver during OS installation. If you do not want to create RAID with identical model and capacity...
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message appears, press Y to confirm your selections. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Next, use the ARROW keys to select the RAID array you can proceed to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 - Figure 12 Now, you wish to delete and press ENTER. Finally, when the "Are you are in the window below (Figure 12). Deleting RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID array, simply press D while you sure to delete this RAID?"
message appears, press Y to confirm your selections. SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) Next, use the ARROW keys to select the RAID array you can proceed to the installation of the SATA driver and operating system. - 9 - Figure 12 Now, you wish to delete and press ENTER. Finally, when the "Are you are in the window below (Figure 12). Deleting RAID Volume If you want to delete a RAID array, simply press D while you sure to delete this RAID?"
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.... Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 14 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 10 - The installation utility will appear automatically. Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the SiS 964 controller successfully, you need...
.... Step 1: Find an available system and insert the motherboard driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Figure 14 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 10 - The installation utility will appear automatically. Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the SiS 964 controller successfully, you need...
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Step 6: Press 0 to select D) SiS 964 SATA. Figure 16 - 11 - Figure 15 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press D to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 16). SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to the floppy disk. Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to Figure 15 below will appear. You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe.
Step 6: Press 0 to select D) SiS 964 SATA. Figure 16 - 11 - Figure 15 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk and press D to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 16). SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to the floppy disk. Then it will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to Figure 15 below will appear. You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe.
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...; Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. Figure 18 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 12 - Ác (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to that below... appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 18). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen similar to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to boot...
...; Windows XP installation. ¤å Step 1: Restart your SATA hard drive with the SATA driver. Figure 18 SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 12 - Ác (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation Åé Now that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to that below... appears, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press S (Figure 18). Figure 17 Step 2: When a screen similar to install Windows 2000/XP onto your system to boot...
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...as shown below will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. The driver installation will appear. Figure 20 - 13 - Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 19 below appears, press ENTER... ENTER. (Select Win2000 SiS Raid/IDE Controller if you want to install Windows 2000.) Then it will begin to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Figure 19 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be finished in about one minute.
...as shown below will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the motherboard driver CD. The driver installation will appear. Figure 20 - 13 - Step 3: If Setup correctly recognizes the driver in the floppy disk, a controller menu similar to Figure 19 below appears, press ENTER... ENTER. (Select Win2000 SiS Raid/IDE Controller if you want to install Windows 2000.) Then it will begin to continue the SATA driver installation from the floppy disk. Figure 19 If a message appears saying one or some file(s) cannot be finished in about one minute.
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Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. It indicates that you should see a screen as below. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 21 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will not have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 14 - After that hard drive.
Ác After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. It indicates that you should see a screen as below. You can proceed with the Windows Åé 2000/XP installation. ¤¤ ¤å Figure 21 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will have to be installed under Windows once for that , the driver will not have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (SiS 964) - 14 - After that hard drive.
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... Recovery2 later, you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial ...CD-ROM, you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the key in the bottom left corner of system memory 3. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 50 - System requirements: 1. Intel 945 BIOS for the first time, it will affect the data... can be immediately installed once you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. After Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on hard disks on ....
... Recovery2 later, you can simply press F9 during system power-on PATA and SATA IDE controllers. VESA-supported VGA cards How to use the Xpress Recovery2 Initial ...CD-ROM, you can enter Xpress Recovery2 by pressing the key in the bottom left corner of system memory 3. GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard - 50 - System requirements: 1. Intel 945 BIOS for the first time, it will affect the data... can be immediately installed once you complete installations of OS and all required drivers as well as software. After Xpress Recovery2 is able to back up data on hard disks on ....
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...4. Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on the following motherboards (As this is dependent on the size of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI Appendix mended but the actual space is a... BIOS-related issue, it can be backed up hard disks installed with the GPL regulations. 4. PATA IDE secondary channel c . SATA IDE channel 3 f. BACKUP:...
...4. Xpress Recovery2 supports only PATA hard disks and not SATA hard disks on the following motherboards (As this is dependent on the size of backing up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI Appendix mended but the actual space is a... BIOS-related issue, it can be backed up hard disks installed with the GPL regulations. 4. PATA IDE secondary channel c . SATA IDE channel 3 f. BACKUP:...
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...Status [R] : Enter Raid setup utility [Q] : Exit current menu LocationModel Capacity Disk 1 Disk 2 ST3120026AS ST3120026AS GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard Mode 111GB 111GB RAID Type UDMA 6 UDMA 6 Single Single ¹Ï5 Figure 2 - 62 ... the system POST and boot process prior to enter SiS RAID BIOS). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Note: To achieve best performance, it is... Setup Menu or to press Ctrl-S before the window disappears. IDE, SCSI, or SATA. 3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section on...
...Status [R] : Enter Raid setup utility [Q] : Exit current menu LocationModel Capacity Disk 1 Disk 2 ST3120026AS ST3120026AS GA-8S648FX-775(-C) Motherboard Mode 111GB 111GB RAID Type UDMA 6 UDMA 6 Single Single ¹Ï5 Figure 2 - 62 ... the system POST and boot process prior to enter SiS RAID BIOS). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. Note: To achieve best performance, it is... Setup Menu or to press Ctrl-S before the window disappears. IDE, SCSI, or SATA. 3) Enter the motherboard BIOS and locate RAID setup (Please refer to the section on...
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... an available Operation System and insert the motherboard driver CD into the floppy disk drive. Information on all , you have to copy the driver for that , the driver will not have to be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller on -screen instructions to complete installation. ...screen will then automatically zip and transfer this floppy disk. English Installing the RAID Drivers To install Windows 2000/XP onto a Serial ATA hard disk sucessfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller on the screen (Refer to Figure 11), please select the proper chipset ...
... an available Operation System and insert the motherboard driver CD into the floppy disk drive. Information on all , you have to copy the driver for that , the driver will not have to be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller on -screen instructions to complete installation. ...screen will then automatically zip and transfer this floppy disk. English Installing the RAID Drivers To install Windows 2000/XP onto a Serial ATA hard disk sucessfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller on the screen (Refer to Figure 11), please select the proper chipset ...