ASRock X79 Extreme4-M: Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB

Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB

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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.

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1. Please make sure to use Windows

Vista

64-bit (with SP1 or above) or

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Windows

7 64-bit.

2. Press <F2> or <Delete> at system POST. Set AHCI Mode in UEFI Setup Utility >

Advanced > Storage Conguration > SATA Mode.

3. Choose the item “UEFI:xxx“ to boot in UEFI Setup Utility > Boot > Boot Option #1.

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(“xxx” is the device which contains your Windows

installation 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.

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4. Start Windows

installation.

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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 SP1 or above) or

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Windows

7 64-bit.

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2. Copy Intel

RAID drivers into a USB ash disk.

You can download the driver from ASRock website. (http://download.asrock.

com/drivers/Intel/SATA/Floppy_Win7-64_Win7_Vista64_Vista_XP64_

XP(v10.6.0.1002)Z68.zip) and unzip the le into the USB ash disk.

OR Please copy the le from ASRock motherboard support CD. (please copy the

les under following directory: D:\ AMD64\Win7-64_Vista64_Intel_v10.6.0.100)

3. Create 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”.

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

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

step.

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E. Please keep the USB ash disk installed until the system rst reboot.

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F. Continue to install OS by following the Windows

instructions.

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5. Follow Windows

Installation Guide to install OS.

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If you install Windows

7 64-bit / Vista

64-bit in a large hard disk (ex. Disk

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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 x this problem.

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Windows

Vista

64-bit:

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Microsoft

does not provide hotx for this problem. The steps listed below

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are Microsoft

's suggested solution:

A. Disable System Restore.

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

"Enter".

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

Restore Off” to con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”.

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

C. Reboot your system.

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

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Windows

7 64-bit:

A. Please request the hotx KB2505454 through this link:

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

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B. After installing Windows

7 64-bit, install the hotx kb2505454.

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

C. Reboot your system. (It may take about 5 minutes to reboot.)

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D. Windows

will install this hotx then reboot by itself.

E. Please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities.

6. Finish.

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