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Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H and 1 SATA drive on SATA 0. Can't install Windows7 64-bit

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  • Windows 8
  • NAS / RAID
  • Gigabyte
  • SATA
  • Motherboards
  • Windows 7
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October 4, 2014 9:18:09 PM

I only have 1 SATA drive on SATA0. I have the Win7 64-bit install coming from a USB DVD Drive (no internal DVD). During install, it asks for drivers.

Per Manual:
A. Installing Windows 8/7
(The following instructions use Windows 8 as the example operating system.)
Step 1:
You need to install the SATA RAID/AHCI driver during the OS installation. Use an alternative system to copy the SATA RAID/AHCI driver from the motherboard driver disk to a USB flash drive. Copy the Hw8_A88 folder under BootDrv in the driver disk.
Step 2:
Boot from the Windows 8 setup disk and perform standard OS installation steps. When the screen requesting you to load the driver appears, select Browse.
Step 3:
Then browse to the USB flash drive and select the location of the driver. The locations of the drivers are as follows: RAID driver for Windows 8 32-bit: Hw8_A88\RAID\x86
RAID driver for Windows 8 64-bit: Hw8_A88\RAID\x64
AHCI driver for Windows 8 32-bit: Hw8_A88\AHCI\W8
AHCI driver for Windows 8 64-bit: Hw8_A88\AHCI\W864A
For Windows 7, browse to the Hw7_A88 folder.
Step 4:
When a screen as shown in Figure 1 appears, select AMD-RAID Controller and click Next to load the driver and continue the OS installation.


I tried different paths but I can not get to Step 4 above.

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October 5, 2014 9:27:20 AM

Did you copy the drivers to a USB key and did you insert it?
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