Windows 2000 - MSI K8T Neo2-F User Manual

Promise FastTrak 579 Parallel ATA / Serial ATA RAID Introduction

Windows 2000

New Installation
The following details the installation of the FastTrak Serial ATA RAID Controller drivers
while installing Windows 2000.
1. Start the installation:
• If your driver disk is damaged or lost, make a new driver disk by copying all the
n e c e s s a r y f i l e s f r o m t h e p r o v i d e d M S I C D : [ \ I D E \ P r o m i s e \ S -
ATA\PDC20579\Driver\RAID ] (For RAID) or [ \IDE\Promise\S-
ATA\PDC20579\Driver\Ultra ] (For S-ATA)
• CD-ROM Install: Boot from the CD-ROM. Press F6 after the message "Press F6
if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears.
2. When the Windows 2000 Setup window is generated, press S to specify an
Additional Device(s).
3. Insert the driver disk and press Enter.
4. Choose Win 2000 Promise FastTrak 579 (tm) Controller or Win 2000 Prom-
ise SATAII 150 579 (tm) Controller from the list that appears on screen then
press Enter.
5. Press <Enter> to continue with installation or if you need to specify any additional
devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are specified, press
<Enter> to continue with installation.
6. From the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press Enter. Setup will now load all device
files and then continue the Windows 2000 installation. During the GUI portion of the
install you might be prompted to click Yes to install the RAID driver. Click Yes as
many times as needed in order to finish the installation. This will not be an issue
with a signed driver.
Confirm Installation
1. Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Manage from the popup menu.
2. From the left panel, select Device Manager.
3. Click the "+" in front of SCSI controllers. "Win 2000 Promise FastTrak 579 (tm)
Controller" and "Win 2000 Promise RAID Console SCSI Processor Device"
or "Promise SATA Console SCSI Processor" and "Win 2000 Promise SATAII
150 579 (tm) IDE Controller" should appear.
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