ASRock X79 Extreme11: Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB

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

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This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows

OS to be installed on a

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

system.

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1. Please make sure to use Windows

Vista

64-bit (with SP2 or above) or

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Windows

7 64-bit (with SP1 or above).

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2. Copy Intel

RAID drivers into a USB ash disk. You can download the driver from

ASRock's website and unzip the le into a USB ash disk OR copy the le from

ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the les under the following

directory:

32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Vista_Intel..

64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Vista64_Intel..

3. Create a RAID array for you system. Please refer to "Intel RAID Installation

Guide" le for details.

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4. Install Windows

Vista

64-bit / 7 64-bit:

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A. Insert your Windows

Vista

64-bit / 7 64-bit installation disc to the optical

drive.

B. Press <F11> to launch boot menu at system POST and choose the item

“UEFI:xxx“ to boot.

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C. Start Windows

Installation. When you see “Where do you want to install

Windows?” page, please click “Load Driver”.

D. Plug the USB ash disk into your USB port; select “Browse” to nd the RAID

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driver. Then choose the directory (xx\AMD64\) you have copied in the rst

step.

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