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Updating the Driver When Windows is Already, Installed

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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide Note: When booting on an IA-64 system with an EFI BIOS, be sure to select the Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition option to continue installing the operating system. Updating the Driver When Windows is Already Installed To update or install the driver if Windows is already installed make sure you: 1 Create a Windows driver disk. See Appendix D, Creating Driver Floppy Disks. 2 Start Windows. 3 Click the Start button on the Windows task bar, then point to Settings. 4 Click the Control Panel. 5 Double-click the System icon. 6 Select the Hardware tab, then click the Device Manager button. 7 Under SCSI and RAID Controllers, click on the + sign to the left. This displays the SCSI adapters currently installed. Right-click on the device you wish to update, then select Properties. 8 Click the Driver tab, then click the Update Driver button. The Update Device Driver Wizard starts. Click Next. 9 Select the Search for a Suitable Driver option, and click Next. 10 Be sure the only selection that is checked is Floppy Drives. Insert the Windows driver disk that you created into your floppy disk drive, then click Next. 11 At this step, Windows recommends one of two choices. If it recommends using the driver found on the driver disk, click Next and skip to Step 12. It might recommend that you keep the existing driver and mention that it found other suitable drivers. If this is the case, select Install one of the other drivers, and click Next. 8-4

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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User
’
s Guide
Note:
When booting on an IA-64 system with an EFI BIOS, be
sure to select the
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition
option to continue installing the operating system.
Updating the Driver When Windows is Already
Installed
To update or install the driver if Windows is already installed make
sure you:
1
Create a Windows driver disk. See
Appendix D,
Creating Driver
Floppy Disks
.
2
Start Windows.
3
Click the
Start
button on the Windows task bar, then point to
Settings
.
4
Click the
Control Panel
.
5
Double-click the
System
icon.
6
Select the
Hardware
tab, then click the
Device Manager
button.
7
Under
SCSI and RAID Controllers, click on the
+
sign to the left.
This displays the SCSI adapters currently installed. Right-click
on the device you wish to update, then select
Properties
.
8
Click the
Driver
tab, then click the
Update Driver
button. The
Update Device Driver Wizard starts. Click
Next
.
9
Select the
Search for a Suitable Driver
option, and click
Next
.
10
Be sure the only selection that is checked is
Floppy Drives
.
Insert the Windows driver disk that you created into your
floppy disk drive, then click
Next
.
11
At this step, Windows recommends one of two choices. If it
recommends using the driver found on the driver disk, click
Next
and skip to Step 12. It might recommend that you keep the
existing driver and mention that it found other suitable drivers.
If this is the case, select
Install one of the other drivers
, and
click
Next
.