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5 Installing the HostRAID Driver for Windows 2000, 2003, and XP In this Chapter... Installing the Device Driver for Windows 5-2 Windows 2000/2003/XP Installation and Configuration Notes 5-5 This chapter explains how to install the Adaptec HostRAID software driver (a320raid.sys) for Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP. Before installing the driver, make sure you have completed the following: s Installed the HostRAID card in your system. (See the SCSI controller hardware documentation for more information.) s If you want to start from the RAID, create the RAID using the SCSISelect utility. To access SCSISelect, press Ctrl-A at bootup when the Adaptec BIOS banner comes up. See Chapter 4, Using the SCSISelect Utility to Manage Arrays for more information. 5-1

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5-1
5
Installing the HostRAID
Driver for Windows 2000,
2003, and XP
In this Chapter...
This chapter explains how to install the Adaptec HostRAID
software driver (
a320raid.sys
) for Windows 2000, Windows Server
2003, and Windows XP. Before installing the driver, make sure you
have completed the following:
Installed the HostRAID card in your system. (See the SCSI
controller hardware documentation for more information.)
If you want to start from the RAID, create the RAID using the
SCSI
Select
utility. To access SCSI
Select
, press
Ctrl-A
at bootup
when the Adaptec BIOS banner comes up. See
Chapter 4,
Using
the SCSISelect Utility to Manage Arrays
for more information.
Installing the Device Driver for Windows
5-2
Windows 2000/2003/XP Installation and Configuration Notes
5-5