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Installing the Driver 15 Press F6 when prompted to install a third-party driver. Note: When F6 is active, a prompt appears at the bottom of the screen. Press F6 immediately-you only have 5 seconds. If you miss your chance, restart this Windows installation to complete it correctly. Otherwise, Windows will not recognize your controller. 16 Insert the driver disk you created and wait until prompted to install a driver. 17 Press S to specify that the driver is on the floppy disk; then, press Enter. Windows searches the disk for a suitable driver. 18 When the Adaptec Serial ATA RAID driver is found, press Enter. Follow the remaining on-screen instructions. Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System In this scenario, you are adding a controller to a system that already has a Windows operating system. To install the driver: 1 Install and configure your controller and hard disk drives according to the instructions in Chapter 2, Installing the Controller. 2 Create a driver disk: a Insert the Adaptec installation CD and wait for the Autorun to begin. If the Autorun does not start by itself, browse the CD and click the Autorun executable. b When the menu appears, select Create Driver Diskette. c Enter the number corresponding to the appropriate operating system, then press Enter. d Insert a floppy disk when prompted. The driver disk is formatted and loaded with the appropriate information. e Remove and label the disk. 3-4

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Installing the Driver
15
Press
F6
when prompted to install a third-party driver.
Note:
When F6 is active, a prompt appears at the bottom of
the screen. Press
F6
immediately
—
you only have
5 seconds. If you miss your chance, restart this Windows
installation to complete it correctly. Otherwise, Windows
will not recognize your controller.
16
Insert the driver disk you created and wait until prompted to
install a driver.
17
Press
S
to specify that the driver is on the floppy disk; then,
press
Enter
.
Windows searches the disk for a suitable driver.
18
When the Adaptec Serial ATA RAID driver is found, press
Enter
. Follow the remaining on-screen instructions.
Installing the Driver in an Existing Windows System
In this scenario, you are adding a controller to a system that
already has a Windows operating system. To install the driver:
1
Install and configure your controller and hard disk drives
according to the instructions in
Chapter 2,
Installing the
Controller
.
2
Create a driver disk:
a
Insert the Adaptec installation CD and wait for the Autorun
to begin. If the Autorun does not start by itself, browse the
CD and click the
Autorun
executable.
b
When the menu appears, select
Create Driver Diskette.
c
Enter the number corresponding to the appropriate
operating system, then press
Enter
.
d
Insert a floppy disk when prompted.
The driver disk is formatted and loaded with the
appropriate information.
e
Remove and label the disk.