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

MAXTOR SATA/300 PCI CARD INSTALLATION GUIDE

New Windows XP Installation

If your system does not have a floppy drive, you may need to connect a 3.5-inch floppy drive temporarily to install the SATA driver
from a diskette. Windows 2000 and XP Setup typically do not allow browsing to a CD to install drivers.
The following details the installation of the driver while performing a new installation of Windows XP.
1. If you received a driver diskette with this card, continue to the next step. If you received a MaxBlast CD containing
drivers for this card, boot your system to the MaxBlast CD and select the option to create a SATA PCI card driver
diskette. If you downloaded the drivers from www.maxtor.com, copy the drivers onto a floppy disk.
2. Boot your system from the Windows XP installation CD.
3. When prompted by the Windows installer to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver, press F6.
4. When the Windows XP Setup window is generated, press S to specify an Additional Device(s).
5. Insert the driver diskette into drive A: and press Enter.
6. Choose Windows Maxtor SATA300 PCI Card from the list that appears on screen, and then press Enter.
7. Press S to use the driver on the floppy disk and then press Enter to continue with installation.
8. The Windows XP Setup screen will appear again saying "Setup will load support for the following mass storage
devices:" The list will include Windows Maxtor SATA300 PCI Card. If there are any additional devices to be
installed, specify them now then continue to the next step.
9. From the Windows XP Setup screen, press Enter. Setup will now load all the drivers and complete the
Windows XP installation.
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