Installing Windows Vista For A New Raid Controller - Dell 5 series User Manual

Installing Windows Vista for a New RAID Controller

Perform the following steps to configure the driver when you add the RAID controller to a system that
already has Windows Vista installed.
1 Insert the Windows Vista DVD and reboot the system.
2 Select location information, such as your country and language.
3 Enter the Windows key.
4 Select the drive you want to install Windows on by highlighting your choice.
5 Select Load Driver if needed.
NOTE:
You do not need this for PERC or SAS installation as the driver is native on Windows Vista.
The driver can be provided by CD, diskette, DVD, or USB flash driver.
6 Browse to the proper location and select the driver.
7 Select Next if selected unallocated space is the target location.
8 Select Advance to create a partition for the operating system.
If a partition is manually created, it should at least be 10 GB.
NOTE:
See the Windows Vista user documentation to determine the partition size.
9 Select Next.
The operating system installation starts on the highlighted choice (partition or unallocated volume)
and the system will reboot several times.
Do not press any keys to start from the CD/DVD.
10 Enter user and password information.
11 Enter the computer name.
12 Select the automatic Windows protection level.
13 Set the time, date, and time zone.
14 Click Start.
Windows checks your system and prompts you for the login password after a few minutes.
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