Installing Drivers And Software; Installing Windows 7 - Siemens SIMATIC IPC677D Operating Instructions Manual

7.8.3

Installing drivers and software

Introduction
Note
In the case of multilingual operating systems (MUI versions), you have to set the regional
settings for menus and dialogs and the default language to English (US) before you install
new drivers or operating system updates.
Procedure
1. If your device has no CD/DVD drive, connect an external USB CD/DVD drive to a USB
port.
2. Insert the "Documentation and Drivers" CD/DVD provided.
3. Start the "START" program.
4. Select "Drivers" from the index.
5. Select the device and operating system.
6. Select the desired driver
7. Open the folder with the driver data by clicking on the link next to "Driverpath".
8. Start the setup program in this folder.
Note
For a new installation of Windows operating systems, the chipset driver must be installed
before all other drivers, if required.
7.8.4

Installing Windows 7

Note
Specific information on using the Windows operating systems is available in the following
manuals:
• Windows 7, Technical Reference, MS Press No. 5913
The listed manuals are not included in the scope of delivery.
Requirement
You need the Recovery DVD for the operating system you want to install. The recovery DVD
is included in the scope of delivery when you have configured a device with operating
system.
If you use storage controllers that are unknown to the operating system, for example a RAID
controller or AHCI controller, copy the respective controller driver to a USB stick and keep
this USB stick to hand. The controller driver is required during installation.
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