Installing The Ata Raid Controller While Installing; Windows 2000 Or Windows Xp; Create Disk Arrays; Installing With The Initial Operating System Build - 3Ware 7000-2 - Escalade RAID Controller User Manual

3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Installing the ATA RAID controller while
installing Windows 2000 or Windows XP
Materials required:
• Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP installation CD-ROM
• 3ware CD-ROM
(You will be required to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installa-
tion Diskette from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM.
Please refer to the "Readme.txt" file on the 3ware CD-ROM for
directions.)

Create disk arrays

Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array
Configuration Utility chapters.

Installing with the Initial Operating System Build

1 Boot from the Windows 2000 or XP CD and press F6 when the
message: "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or
RAID driver" appears at the bottom of the display.
2 When you get the message: "Setup could not determine the type
of one or more mass storage devices or you have chosen to man-
ually specify and adapter..." press S to specify that you have an
additional disk ATA RAID controller.
3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter.
4 A box with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is displayed. Press
Enter to select it.
5 Press S if you have additional devices to add. Otherwise, press
Enter.

Continue with Windows 2000 or XP installation

Continue with the normal Windows 2000 or XP installation at this
point.There are no instructions after installing the driver that are
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