Gigabyte Ga945gcms2l User Guide

- 51 - BIOS Setup
2-12Set Supervisor/User Password
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software
`Standard CMOS Features
`Advanced BIOS Features
`Integrated Peripherals
`Power Management Setup
`PnP/PCI Configurations
`PC Health Status
`Frequency/Voltage Control
ESC: QuitKLJI: Select Item
F8: Q-FlashF10: Save & Exit Setup
Change/Set/Disable Password
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving
Enter Password:...

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2-13Save & Exit Setup
2-14Exit Without Saving
CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2007 Award Software
`Standard CMOS Features
`Advanced BIOS Features
`Integrated Peripherals
`Power Management Setup
`PnP/PCI Configurations
`PC Health Status
`Frequency/Voltage Control
ESC: QuitKLJI: Select Item
F8: Q-FlashF10: Save & Exit Setup
Save Data to CMOS
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without...

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Chapter 3Drivers Installation
3-1 Installing Chipset Drivers
After inserting the driver disk, Xpress Install will automatically scan the system and then list all the
drivers that are recommended to install. Please select the item that you wish to install and press the
Install button following the item. Or you can press Xpress Install to install all the driver items.
•Please ignore the popup dialog box(es) (e.g. the Found New Hardware Wizard) dis-
played when Xpress Install is...

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3-2 Software Applications
This page displays all the tools and applications that GIGABYTE develops and some free software.  You
may press the Install button following an item to install it.
3-3 Driver CD Information
This page provides information about the drivers, applications and tools in this driver disk. 

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3-4 Hardware Information
This page provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard.
3-5 Contact Us
Check the contacts information of the GIGABYTE headquarter in Taiwan and the overseas branch
offices on the last page of this manual. 

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4-1 Xpress Recovery2
Xpress Recovery2 is a utility that allows you to quickly compress and
back up your system data and perform restoration of it. Supporting
NTFS, FAT32, and FAT16 file systems, Xpress Recovery2 can back
up data on PATA and SATA hard drives and restore it.
* Xpress Recovery2 checks the first physical hard drive in the following sequence:  The first PATA
IDE connector, the second PATA IDE connector, the first SATA connector, the second SATA
connector and so forth....

GA-945GCM-S2L/S2C Motherboard - 58 -Figure 1
Figure 3 3 . Select a file system (for example, NTFS) and begin the installation of the operating system (Figure 3).
Installation and Configuration
(The following procedure uses Windows XP as the example operating system.)
A. Installing Windows XP and Partitioning the Hard Drive
1. Set CD-ROM drive as the first boot device under Advanced BIOS Features in the BIOS Setup
program. Save the changes and exit.
2. When partitioning your hard drive (Figure 1), make...

Unique Features - 59 - 4. After the operating system is installed, right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop and
select Manage (Figure 4). Go to Computer Management to check disk allocation. Xpress
Recovery2 will save the backup file to the unallocated space (black stripe along the top)(Figure 5).
Please note that if there is no enough unallocated space, Xpress Recovery2 cannot save the
backup file.
Figure 5
Figure 4
5. If your hard drive is not properly partitioned before you install the...

GA-945GCM-S2L/S2C Motherboard - 60 - 2. After you use the backup function in Xpress Recovery2 for the first time, Xpress Recovery2 will
stay permanent in your hard drive. If you wish to enter Xpress Recovery2 later, simply press
 during the POST (Figure 9).Figure 8
Figure 9
B. Accessing Xpress Recovery2
1. Boot from the motherboard driver disk to access Xpress Recovery2 for the first time.When you
see the following message: Press any key to startup Xpress Recovery2
(Figure 8), press any key to enter...