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... and SATA IDE controllers. It is designed to back up data on hard disks on . . . System requirements: 1. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. After Xpress Recovery2 is able to provide quick backup and restoration of OS and all required drivers as well as software. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 54 - Insert the provided driver CD...
... and SATA IDE controllers. It is designed to back up data on hard disks on . . . System requirements: 1. Save the settings and exit the BIOS Setup. After Xpress Recovery2 is able to provide quick backup and restoration of OS and all required drivers as well as software. GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 54 - Insert the provided driver CD...
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...partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is no backup file.) 4. GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI Appendix REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to correctly identify RAID and SATA IDE mode. SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will not... for Xpress Recovery2 to release disk space. (This button will not appear if there is recom- BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of Xpress Recovery2 1. Xpress Recovery2 will store the backup file at the end of backing up hard...
...partition must be allocated in advance. (A minimum 4GB is no backup file.) 4. GA-8N-SLI Royal GA-8N-SLI Pro GA-8N-SLI Appendix REMOVE: Remove previously-created backup files to correctly identify RAID and SATA IDE mode. SATA IDE channel 4 Precautions: 1. Please contact your hard disk. (This button will not... for Xpress Recovery2 to release disk space. (This button will not appear if there is recom- BACKUP: Back up data from the driver CD before data backup. 2. Capable of Xpress Recovery2 1. Xpress Recovery2 will store the backup file at the end of backing up hard...
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... BIOS and select the RAID type (For instance, enter Tab to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. VIA Tech. Note: To achieve best performance, it is...please visit our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the VT8237(VT8237R) SATA RAID BIOS The RAID BIOS setup utility... next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : Exit Array Name Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111.79 111.79 Status Hdd Hdd GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 66 - English Please follow the steps below to construct a ...
... BIOS and select the RAID type (For instance, enter Tab to select Silicon Image). 5) Complete driver installation. 6) Complete RAID utility installation. VIA Tech. Note: To achieve best performance, it is...please visit our website at http:\\www.gigabyte.com.tw to read or download the information you need.) Configuring the VT8237(VT8237R) SATA RAID BIOS The RAID BIOS setup utility... next item Enter : Confirm the selection ESC : Exit Array Name Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) 111.79 111.79 Status Hdd Hdd GA-8VT880P Combo Motherboard - 66 - English Please follow the steps below to construct a ...
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...and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD-ROM. Appendix Press ENTER after each command (Fig.1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Fig.2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by this driver file to copy the driver in Fig. ... Fig. 2 Step 3: After completing the steps, boot from the Windows installation disk to be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). Prepare a startup disk that in MS-DOS mode(Note1). Press 0 to ...
...and insert the GIGABYTE motherboard drive CD-ROM. Appendix Press ENTER after each command (Fig.1): cd bootdrv menu Step 2: When the controller menu (Fig.2) appears, remove the startup disk and insert the blank formatted disk. Select the controller driver by this driver file to copy the driver in Fig. ... Fig. 2 Step 3: After completing the steps, boot from the Windows installation disk to be installed under Windows once for the SATA controller from the motherboard driver CD-ROM to the CD-ROM drive (example: D:\>). Prepare a startup disk that in MS-DOS mode(Note1). Press 0 to ...
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Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT8237/VT8237R 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 Driver Disk 10 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 12
Table of Contents Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) (Controller: VIA VT8237/VT8237R 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 Driver Disk 10 (5) Installing SATA controller driver during OS installation 12
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... is recommended that you use two hard drives with the SATA controller, you may check the name of the SATA connector to identify the SATA controller 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. "*" Skip this step if you may...
... is recommended that you use two hard drives with the SATA controller, you may check the name of the SATA connector to identify the SATA controller 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. "*" Skip this step if you may...
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... hard drive ¤¤ may not be recognized during OS installation. Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the VT8237 controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to...
... hard drive ¤¤ may not be recognized during OS installation. Ác (4) Making a SATA Driver Disk Åé To install Windows 2000/XP onto a SATA hard drive on the VT8237 controller successfully, you need to install required driver for the SATA controller during the Windows setup process. ¤å First of all, you need to...
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Then it will appear. Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. Figure 16 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk. You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Figure 17 - 11 - Press C to Figure 16 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 17). SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select the C) VIA 8237 Series ATA item.
Then it will appear. Step 6: Press 0 to the floppy disk. Figure 16 Step 5: Insert an empty floppy disk. You have copied the SATA driver successfully. Figure 17 - 11 - Press C to Figure 16 below will take about one minute to copy the SATA driver from the motherboard driver CD to exit when the procedure is complete (Figure 17). SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) Step 4: Double-click MENU.exe. An MS-DOS prompt screen similar to select the C) VIA 8237 Series ATA item.
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Figure 18 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with Windows, press ENTER. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you need to ...press S. * If you do not have chosen to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for use with the SATA driver. Windows Setup Press F6 if you have any device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you...
Figure 18 Step 2: When a screen similar to that you have prepared the SATA driver disk and configured BIOS settings, you are ready to install Windows 2000/XP onto your SATA hard drive with Windows, press ENTER. Currently, Setup will be a few moments of some files being loaded before you need to ...press S. * If you do not have chosen to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows, including those for use with the SATA driver. Windows Setup Press F6 if you have any device support disks from the Windows 2000/XP Setup disk and press F6 as soon as you...
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...those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want to continue the SATA driver installation from the motherboard driver CD. S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 21 "*" If you do not have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for ...ATA/ATAPI Host Controller(Windows XP). - 13 - Windows Setup Setup will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the floppy disk. Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to ...
...those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press S. * If you want to continue the SATA driver installation from the motherboard driver CD. S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit Figure 21 "*" If you do not have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for ...ATA/ATAPI Host Controller(Windows XP). - 13 - Windows Setup Setup will be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the floppy disk. Windows Setup You have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer, or do not want to ...
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...Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 19 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that you should see a screen as below. Ác ...After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. It indicates that , the driver will have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) 14 -
...Enter= Continue R=Repair F3=Exit Figure 19 (Note: Each time you add a new hard drive to a RAID array, the RAID driver will not have to be installed under Windows once for that hard drive. After that you should see a screen as below. Ác ...After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you have installed the SATA controller driver successfully. You can proceed with the Windows 2000/XP installation. It indicates that , the driver will have to be installed.) SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R)) 14 -