3Ware 9550SXU-12 User Guide - Page 46
Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette, Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New RAID Unit - manual
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Driver Installation Creating a 3ware Driver Diskette If you are installing Windows on a new unit or drive managed by the 3ware RAID controller, you may need to create a 3ware driver diskette, unless you are installing Windows 2008 or Vista, in which case you can also use a USB drive or the 3ware CD. To create a driver diskette 1 Insert the AMCC 3ware software CD into your Windows system. Autorun should start the 3ware menu program. If it does not, open My Computer, select the CD, right-click and choose AutoPlay. 2 When the License screen appears, review and agree to the license in order to continue. 3 When the AMCC 3ware Menu appears, click Driver Disk Images. 4 In the AMCC 3ware Driver Disk Images menu, click the appropriate button to create the driver diskette that you need. Note that there are both 32-bit and 64-bit drivers available for Windows. Be sure to select the correct one. 5 When the confirm message appears, insert a blank diskette into a floppy drive and click the Yes button to begin the process. Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New RAID Unit If you want to install Windows on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions in this section. If Windows is already installed on another drive, turn to "Installing the 3ware Driver on a Windows System that Boots from a Different Device" on page 36. To install Windows XP or Windows 2003 and the 3ware driver 1 Boot from the Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation CD and press F6 when you see the message: "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver" at the bottom of the display. 2 When you see the message: "Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter..." Type S to specify that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller. 3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter. . 34 3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1