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Windows® 2000 or Windows XP Installation 3 Log in as system administrator. When the system has rebooted you should see a brief splash screen (see Figure 36), followed immediately by an "Installation Complete" notification (see Figure 37). 4 Partition and format any new disk arrays or independent disks using Disk Management from Administrative Tools. a Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu. b Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools menu. c Select Storage. d Select Disk Management. 5 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the drive. 6 Right click on the drive and select Create Volume. 7 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to create a volume and to assign a drive letter. RAID array initialization The completion of the system driver installation will start the RAID array initialization process. This process may take several hours, but it does not interfere with the installation of 3DM or the use of the array. Install the 3DM disk management utility Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter. www.3ware.com 95

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Windows® 2000 or Windows XP Installation
www.3ware.com
95
3
Log in as system administrator. When the system has rebooted
you should see a brief splash screen (see Figure 36), followed
immediately by an “Installation Complete” notification (see
Figure 37).
4
Partition and format any new disk arrays or independent disks
using
Disk Management
from
Administrative Tools
.
a
Choose
Administrative Tools
from the
Start
menu.
b
Choose
Computer Management
from the
Administrative
Tools
menu.
c
Select
Storage.
d
Select
Disk Management.
5
Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the
drive.
6
Right click on the drive and select
Create Volume
.
7
Follow the steps the appear on-screen to create a volume and to
assign a drive letter.
RAID array initialization
The completion of the system driver installation will start the RAID
array initialization process. This process may take several hours,
but it does not interfere with the installation of 3DM or the use of
the array.
Install the 3DM disk management utility
Refer to the
3DM Disk Management Utility
chapter.