Installing The Driver In A New Windows System - Adaptec 1420SA Quick Installation Manual

Adaptec Serial ATA II RAID 1420SA Quick Installation Guide
6 When prompted, insert a floppy disk, then click OK.
The computer creates the driver disk.
7 When prompted, remove and label the driver disk and click
OK.
Installing the Driver in a New Windows
System
To install the driver while also installing the Windows operating
system:
1 Install and configure the controller and disk drives as described in
Installing the Controller and Drives on page
2 Create a driver disk as shown on
remove the driver disk.
3 If creating an array, see
installing a simple volume, skip to
4 Insert the Windows setup CD and restart the system to begin
the Windows installation.
5 Press F6 when prompted to install a third-party driver.
Note: When F6 is active, a prompt appears at the bottom of
the screen. Press F6 immediately—you only have
5 seconds. If you miss your chance, restart this Windows
installation to complete it correctly. Otherwise, Windows
will not recognize your controller.
6 Insert the driver disk you created in
prompted to install a driver.
7 Press S to specify that the driver is on the floppy disk; then,
press Enter.
Windows searches the disk for a suitable driver.
8 When the Adaptec RAID driver is found, press Enter. Follow
the remaining on-screen instructions to complete your
installation.
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Creating a RAID Array on page
Step
Step 2
6.
1-9. When finished,
4.
and wait until
8. If