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Windows® 2000 or Windows XP Installation Installing the storage switch while installing Windows 2000 or Windows XP Materials required: • Windows 2000 or XP installation CD-ROM • 3ware Windows driver installation diskette • 3ware CD-ROM Create disk arrays Refer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility chapters. Installing with the Initial Operating System Build 1 Boot from the Windows 2000 or XP CD and press F6 when the message: "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" appears at the bottom of the display. 2 When you get the message: "Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices or you have chosen to manually specify and adapter..." press S to specify that you have an additional disk storage switch. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. 4 A box with 3ware Storage Switch is displayed. Press Enter to select it. 5 Press S if you have additional devices to add. Otherwise, press Enter. Continue with Windows 2000 or XP installation Continue with the normal Windows 2000 or XP installation at this point.There are no instructions after installing the driver that are specific to 3ware. Refer to the Windows 2000 or XP documentation supplied by Microsoft if you need additional instructions. www.3ware.com 79

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Windows® 2000 or Windows XP Installation
www.3ware.com
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Installing the storage switch while installing
Windows 2000 or Windows XP
Materials required:
•
Windows 2000 or XP installation CD-ROM
•
3ware Windows driver installation diskette
•
3ware CD-ROM
Create disk arrays
Refer to the
3ware Hardware Installation
and
3ware Disk Array
Configuration Utility
chapters.
Installing with the Initial Operating System Build
1
Boot from the Windows 2000 or XP CD and press
F6
when the
message: “Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or
RAID driver” appears at the bottom of the display.
2
When you get the message: “Setup could not determine the type
of one or more mass storage devices or you have chosen to man-
ually specify and adapter…” press
S
to specify that you have an
additional disk storage switch.
3
Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press
Enter
.
4
A box with
3ware Storage Switch
is displayed. Press
Enter
to
select it.
5
Press
S
if you have additional devices to add. Otherwise, press
Enter
.
Continue with Windows 2000 or XP installation
Continue with the normal Windows 2000 or XP installation at this
point.There are no instructions after installing the driver that are
specific to 3ware. Refer to the Windows 2000 or XP documentation
supplied by Microsoft if you need additional instructions.