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Skylake & Windows 7 & USB & RAID

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Topic: Skylake & Windows 7 & USB & RAID

Posted By: maurizio
Subject: Skylake & Windows 7 & USB & RAID
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2015 at 3:39pm

I am confused about how to install Windows 7 via USB for a system that will be using RAID.

system components:
Win 7 Pro 64-bit
ASRock Z170 OC Formula
using USB for installation of drivers & OS
keyboard & mouse are USB devices

My Windows OS will not be on a RAID drive, but I do want to have other disks in RAID arrays.

From the information on the ASRock Website
http://www.asrock.com/microsite/Win7Install/

I see that there is a USB Patcher available for using with the Windows 7 installation file.

However, in the Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration, it recommends the following steps for installing Windows 7 with RAID functions (page 7, English):
(a) set BIOS setting to use RAID
(b) use ASRock Easy RAID Installer to copy the RAID driver from a support CD to a USB storage device
(c) set up RAID configuration
(d) install Windows

If I can't use the USB ports until I have installed the USB-patched Windows, how can I use a USB flash drive to install the RAID driver for step b, which needs to occur before installing Windows (step d)?