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3 New Windows OS Installation
When you install a new or different copy of the Windows operating system on a disk attached to an ATTO
ExpressSAS host adapters, you must reinstall the ATTO ExpressSAS drivers.
If you are changing the version of Windows you are
using or installing a fresh copy of your current version
onto your system, you must ensure Windows
recognizes your ATTO ExpressSAS and uses its
drivers.
You may either create an installation media (disk, CD
or USB flash drive) from the Installation CD or create
an installation media (disk, CD or USB flash drive)
from a file from the ATTO website, then use that media
to install the adapter and its driver to the new version
of Windows.
Follow these procedures after you have completed
installation of the ExpressSAS adapter and you have
connected storage devices (refer to
on page 15).
If you have an ExpressSAS RAID adapter, you must
configure a RAID group to install the operating system
using the BIOS Utility from the ATTO Utilities program
found on your Installation CD or downloaded from the
ATTO website.
Creating ExpressSAS installation media
from the Installation CD
1
Insert the Installation CD into a CD or DVD
drive. The installation starts automatically. If it
does not, navigate to the root of the CD and run
autorun.bat.
2
Select Windows Drivers from the items on the
left side of the screen.
3
Select the appropriate CPU-based operating
system from operating system choices.
4
Select Create Scsiport Driver Diskette or
Create Storport Driver Diskette or Create
Driver Installation Media.
5
Follow the instructions to complete the
installation.
6
Continue with
Install the driver into a new
version of Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003
Install the driver into a new version of Windows
8, 7, Vista, Server 2012, 2008
Creating ExpressSAS installation media
from a file
1
2
3
4
5
6
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Install Hardware
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10 Select a destination folder and click Unzip to
11 The expanded software package contains a
12 Run makedisk.exe.
13 Follow the instructions to complete the
or
14 Continue with
on page 12.
Go to www.attotech.com.
Put your cursor over Downloads then click on
Driver downloads from the splash screen
menu.
Register or log in if previously registered.
Select SAS/SATA Host & RAID Adapters
from the product list.
Select your model.
From the table, find your Operating System.
Click on the entry for the latest driver.
A download window appears. Follow the
instructions for downloading the driver.
Internet Explorer users may select Run to
automatically run the downloaded self-
extracting executable file.
All other browser users select a download
destination and run the self-extracting
executable file.
Uncheck When done unzipping open
\Setup.exe.
extract the driver files.
Scsiport driver in the base directory and a
Storport driver in the Storport directory.
Navigate to the folder with the desired
ExpressSAS driver.
Select Scsiport for Windows 2000 and XP.
Select Storport for all other versions of
Windows.
installation.
Install the driver into a new
version of Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003
Install the driver into a new version of Windows
8, 7, Vista, Server 2012, 2008
or
on page 12.
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