Existing Windows Xp Installation - Maxtor SATA/300 PCI CARD Installation Manual

MAXTOR SATA/300 PCI CARD INSTALLATION GUIDE

Existing Windows XP Installation

If you have an existing installation of Windows 2000 or XP on a SATA or Ultra ATA drive that you wish to connect to the SATA/300 PCI
card, DO NOT connect the drive to the card yet. Leave the drive attached to its current controller. You must install the Windows
driver for the SATA/300 PCI Card before connecting your hard drive to the card.
The following section details the installation of SATA/300 PCI Card drivers on a system that has Windows XP already
installed and running.
1. After installing the SATA/300 PCI Card and rebooting your system, Windows XP will detect a Mass Storage Controller
and display the Found New Hardware Wizard. Insert the driver diskette or CD. (If you inserted a CD, close the
language chooser that appears.)
2. In the Found New Hardware Wizard window, select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)" and click Next.
Select "Search for the best driver in these locations," then select the "Include this location in the search" checkbox and
click the Browse button.
3. Browse to the I386 folder (Athlon 64, FX, Turion and Opteron users select the AMD64 folder) on the provided driver
diskette or CD, then click Next.
4. When the New Hardware Wizard has finished installing the SATA/300 PCI Card driver, click Finish.
5. Perform a normal shutdown and power the system off.
6. Connect the interface and power cables to any hard drives you wish to attach to the card, then restart your system.
Upon restart with the new drive connected, Windows should notify you that it has found a new storage device and asks if you
would like to proceed with the format to use the drive in the system. Proceed with Windows format as necessary.
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