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2.7 2.7 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F 2.7 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SA Hot Plug and Hot Swap F
2.7 2.7 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F
K7VT4A Pro motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA
devices.
NOTE
What is Hot Plug Function?
If the SATA HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called "Hot
Plug" for the action to insert and remove the SATA HDDs while the
system is still power-on and in working condition.
However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has
been installed into the SATA HDD.
What is Hot Swap Function?
If SATA HDDs are built as RAID1 then it is called "Hot Swap" for the
action to insert and remove the SATA HDDs while the system is still
power-on and in working condition.
2.8 2.8 Making An SA 2.8 Making An SA Making An SAT T T T T A Driver Disk Making An SA
2.8 2.8 Making An SA
If you want to install Windows 2000 or Windows XP on your SATA HDDs, you will
need to make an SATA driver diskette before you start the OS installation.
STEP 1: Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system.
(Do NOT insert any floppy diskette into the floppy drive at this moment!)
STEP 2: During POST at the beginning of system boot-up, press <F11> key, and
then a window for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-
ROM as the boot device.
STEP 3: When you see the message on the screen, "Do you want to generate
Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press <Y>.
STEP 4: Then you will see these messages,
Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive.
WARNING! Formatting the floppy diskette will
lose ALL data in it!
Start to format and copy files [YN]?
Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive, and press <Y>.
STEP 5: The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA drivers
into the floppy diskette.
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ASRock K7VT4A Pro Motherboard
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