ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4: Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB

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Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB

This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows

®

 OS to be installed 

on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating 

system. 

1. Please make sure to use 

Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 64-bit (with SP1 or above)

, 

Windows

®

 7 64-bit

 or 

Windows

®

 8 64-bit

.

2. Press <F2> or <Delete> at system POST. Set 

AHCI Mode

 in UEFI Setup Utility > 

    Advanced > Storage Con

fi

 guration > SATA Mode. 

3. Choose the item 

“UEFI:xxx“

 to boot in UEFI Setup Utility > Boot > Boot Option #1.  

    (“xxx” is the device which contains your Windows

®

 installation 

fi

 les. Normally it is  

    an optical drive.) You can also press <F11> to launch boot menu at system POST 

    and choose the item 

“UEFI:xxx“

 to boot. 

4. Start Windows

®

 installation. 

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Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode

This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows

®

 OS to be installed 

on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating 

system. 

1. Please make sure to use 

Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 64-bit (with SP1 or above)

, 

Windows

®

 7 64-bit

 or 

Windows

®

 8 64-bit

.

2. Press <F2> or <Delete> at system POST. Set 

RAID Mode

 in UEFI Setup Utility > 

    Advanced > Storage Con

fi

 guration > SATA Mode. 

3. Choose 

onboard RAID 3TB+ unlocker

 > 

UEFI Mode For GPT partition

. Press 

    <F10> to save the change and exit. 

4. Press <F11> to enter Boot Manual. Choose 

UEFI : Built - in EFI Shell

.

5. Key in 

drvcfg

, for example you will see below:

    Drv[4E]   Ctrl[B5]   Lang[eng]

6. Key in 

dh [Drv number]

, for example: key in 

dh 4E

.

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7. And then key in 

drvcfg –s [Drv number] [Ctrl number]

 to enter Raid Utility.

    For example: key in 

drvcfg –s 4E B5

.

8. Choose 

Logical Drive Main Menu

 to set up Raid Drive.

9. Choose 

Logical Drive Create Menu

 to create a Raid Drive.

10. Choose 

Usable Physical Drive List

 to select Raid HDD.

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11. Press 

Space

 on keyboard to toggle checkbox.

12. Choose 

Ld Size setting

, and key in the Raid size.

13. After set up Raid size, please click 

Start to Create

.

14. Press <F10> to exit Utility.

15. During reboot, please press <F11> to enter Boot Manual. Choose 

UEFI: SCSI 

      CD/DVD Drive

.

      * This option only shows on Windows

®

 8 64-bit, 7 64-bit and Vista

TM

 64-bit OS.

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16. Follow Windows

®

 Installation Guide to install OS.

If you install Windows

®

 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit / Vista

TM

 64-bit in a large hard 

disk (ex. Disk volume > 2TB), it may take more time to boot into Windows

®

or install driver/utilities. If you encounter this problem, you will need to 

following instructions to 

fi

 x this problem.

Windows

®

 Vista

TM

 64-bit:

Microsoft

®

 does not provide hotfix for this problem. Below steps are 

Microsoft

®

 suggested solution:

A. Disable System Restore.

     a. Type “systempropertiesprotection” in the Start Menu. Then press  

         "Enter".

     b. De-select Local Disks for System Restore. Then Click “Turn System 

         Restore Off” to con

fi

 rm. Then Press “Ok”.

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B. Disable “Volume Shadow Copy” service.

     a. Type “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”.

     b. Go to “Services and Applications>Services”; Then double click “Volume 

         Shadow Copy”.

     c. Set “Startup type” to “Disable” then Click “OK”.

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17. Finish.

C. Reboot your system.

D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities.

Windows

®

 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit:

A. Please request the hot

fi

 x KB2505454 thru this link: 

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2505454/

B. After installing Windows

®

 8 64-bit / 7 64-bit, install the hot

fi

 x kb2505454. 

    (This may take long time; >30 mins.)

C. Reboot your system. (It may take about 5 mins to boot.)

D. The Windows

®

 will install this hot

fi

 x then reboot by itself.

E. Please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities.