Windows Vista Driver Installation - HighPoint RocketRAID 231x User Manual

RocketRAID 231x Driver and Software Installation
3. Double click the "SCSI and RAID controllers" entry. If the RocketRAID device
entry is not displayed, or there are "?" or "!" marks displayed near the
RocketRAID entry, the driver has not been installed properly. Delete the entries
and reinstall the driver.
Installing the RocketRAID driver during a fresh Windows installa-
tion
1. After booting from the Windows CD or DVD-ROM, when the Windows Setup
blue screen appears, look towards the bottom of the screen. Windows will
prompt you to press the F6 key if you want to install a third party SCSI or RAID
driver. Press the F6 key at this time.
2. The setup procedure will continue, and will later instruct you to press the "S" key
to specify additional adapters. Press the "S" key as instructed.
3. Next, the setup program will prompt for the insertion of the driver diskette. Please
insert the driver diskette, and then press ENTER to continue.
4. The next window will display several driver options. Please select the driver for
the corresponding operating system, and press ENTER to continue.

Windows Vista Driver Installation

Installing the driver during a fresh Windows Vista installation
1. Boot from Windows Vista DVD.
2. When the screen "where do you want to install Windows" appears, click
"Load driver" and browse for the driver location. Windows Vista can install
drivers from several media types: floppy diskette, USB flash disk or CD.
3. Select the RocketRAID 231x controller driver, and click "Next".
4. The driver is now installed - you can now continue on with the installation
procedure.
Installing the driver for an existing Windows Vista system
1. Intall the RocketRAID 231x host adapter into the PC, then boot up Windows
Vista.
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