Actually, with Windows 7 or Vista, you'll only need the F6 drivers if you want to use a RAID array as your (operating) system drive. If on the other hand you intend to use a single non-RAID drive for your operating system but add a RAID array for storage, you don't need the F6 driver at all - but instead simply install Windows 7 or Vista with the RAID support turned on in the motherboard BIOS, and then install the RST Windows driver after Windows is up and running.