I am not particularly tech savvy. I'm doing a build on an ASRock Z77 Extreme4. The Driver CD was missing from the MOBO box and emails with ASRock tech support have not been productive. I want to dual boot XP Pro 32 bit (SP3 slipstreamed in) OS with a hackintosh OS. I know XP 32 is old technology, but I need it for certain software (at least temporarily) and am building this machine in order to have one machine I can run the programs which are not compatible with either my Windows 7 machine or my XP Pro 64 bit machine (and also to play with a hackintosh OS).
The machine I'm building has 2 Samsung 830 series 128 Gb (for the hackintosh OS), 2 Samsung 840 Series 120 GB SSD (for the XP Pro 32 bit OS), 2 WD Red 2TB (as well as 2 Hitachi Ultrastar 2 TB, which I don't seem to have enough SATA ports to install). I'd like to install XP PRO (SP3) first in RAID 1 on the Samsung 840 Series drives and would like all of the other drives in RAID 1 as well.
Can I do this? If so, how do I go about it with no Driver CD. I've downloaded all XP 32 drivers and Utilities from ASRock, as well as the 2.90 Flash Bios update. I think I can figure out how to do the flash bios update, but wonder if I need to install any of the intervening bios updates or just the 2.90. What I really need to know is how to install the XP Pro 32 drivers I downloaded - I think I need some of them installed before installing XP if I want to RAID the installation disks. Any an all help will be greatly appreciated!
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 (Bios Ver 1.40)
Antec 1100 case
Corsair Corsair CX600M PSU
Intel Corei3 CPU (i3-2100, LGA1155)
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU cooler
2 X Samsung 830 Series 128GB SSD
2 X Samsung 840 Series 120 GB SSD
2 X WD Black 2TB SATA Drives
2 X Hitachi 2TB Ultrastar SATA drives
LG Super Multi DVD Rewriter
4 Antec TriCool 120mm fans in push pull around the drive cage
The machine I'm building has 2 Samsung 830 series 128 Gb (for the hackintosh OS), 2 Samsung 840 Series 120 GB SSD (for the XP Pro 32 bit OS), 2 WD Red 2TB (as well as 2 Hitachi Ultrastar 2 TB, which I don't seem to have enough SATA ports to install). I'd like to install XP PRO (SP3) first in RAID 1 on the Samsung 840 Series drives and would like all of the other drives in RAID 1 as well.
Can I do this? If so, how do I go about it with no Driver CD. I've downloaded all XP 32 drivers and Utilities from ASRock, as well as the 2.90 Flash Bios update. I think I can figure out how to do the flash bios update, but wonder if I need to install any of the intervening bios updates or just the 2.90. What I really need to know is how to install the XP Pro 32 drivers I downloaded - I think I need some of them installed before installing XP if I want to RAID the installation disks. Any an all help will be greatly appreciated!
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 (Bios Ver 1.40)
Antec 1100 case
Corsair Corsair CX600M PSU
Intel Corei3 CPU (i3-2100, LGA1155)
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU cooler
2 X Samsung 830 Series 128GB SSD
2 X Samsung 840 Series 120 GB SSD
2 X WD Black 2TB SATA Drives
2 X Hitachi 2TB Ultrastar SATA drives
LG Super Multi DVD Rewriter
4 Antec TriCool 120mm fans in push pull around the drive cage
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