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Installing Drivers for your ICP RAID Controller

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Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP 4.1.5.2 Installing Drivers for your ICP RAID Controller Method 1 (Preferred) Follow the instructions for installing the drivers, tools and utilities in Section 10.2, Installing and Launching ICPCON. Method 2 (Alternative) 1. Insert the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM in CD-ROM drive. 2. DemoShield starts automatically. If DemoShield does not start automatically, then run the following file from the CD-ROM drive: \autorun.exe 3. Click OS Diskettes, then click on Windows. Select the appropriate Windows version. 4. A command prompt window appears requesting that you insert a formatted floppy diskette. 5. Insert the floppy in the floppy drive and press Enter. The command prompt window closes automatically after the diskette has been written. 6. Use the OS to find the ICP RAID controller and install its driver. Follow the instructions below for the applicable OS. Windows 2000 a. Open the Device Manager and scan the PCI bus for new hardware or hardware changes. b. Select the ICP RAID controller in the 'hardware found' list, and then click Next. c. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device, and then click Next. d. Select Floppy Drive. e. Click on Next and follow the instructions up to and including system reboot. Windows NT a. Open the Control Panel, SCSI Adapters. b. Click the Drivers tab and click the Add button. c. Insert the driver disk in the floppy drive. d. Click Have Disk. Navigate to the floppy drive and click OK. e. Select RAID Controller and click OK. Follow the instructions up to and including system reboot. Windows XP Professional a. Open the Device Manager and scan the PCI bus for new hardware or hardware changes. b. Select the ICP RAID controller in the `hardware found' list, and then click Next. Note: If the ICP RAID controller is the only new device found, the 'Found New Hardware Wizard' window will appear. c. Select 'Install from a list or specific location', and then click Next. d. Select 'Search removable media', then click Next. Software Installation and User's Guide 55

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Software Installation and User’s Guide
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Installing Microsoft Windows NT / 2000 / XP
4.1.5.2
Installing Drivers for your ICP RAID Controller
Method 1 (Preferred)
Follow the instructions for installing the drivers, tools and utilities in
Section 10.2,
Installing and Launching ICPCON
.
Method 2 (Alternative)
1.
Insert the RAID Software Suite CD-ROM in CD-ROM drive.
2.
DemoShield starts automatically. If DemoShield does not start automatically, then run
the following file from the CD-ROM drive:
<CD-ROM root>\autorun.exe
3. Click
OS Diskettes
, then click on
Windows
. Select the appropriate Windows version.
4.
A command prompt window appears requesting that you insert a formatted floppy
diskette.
5.
Insert the floppy in the floppy drive and press Enter. The command prompt window
closes automatically after the diskette has been written.
6.
Use the OS to find the ICP RAID controller and install its driver. Follow the
instructions below for the applicable OS.
Windows 2000
a.
Open the Device Manager and scan the PCI bus for new hardware or hardware
changes.
b.
Select the ICP RAID controller in the ‘hardware found’ list, and then click
Next.
c. Select
Search for a suitable driver for my device
, and then click
Next
.
d. Select
Floppy Drive.
e.
Click on
Next
and follow the instructions up to and including system reboot.
Windows NT
a.
Open the Control Panel, SCSI Adapters.
b.
Click the
Drivers
tab and click the
Add
button.
c.
Insert the driver disk in the floppy drive.
d. Click
Have Disk
. Navigate to the floppy drive and click
OK
.
e. Select
RAID Controller
and click
OK
. Follow the instructions up to and including
system reboot.
Windows XP Professional
a.
Open the Device Manager and scan the PCI bus for new hardware or hardware
changes.
b.
Select the ICP RAID controller in the `hardware found' list, and then click Next.
Note: If the ICP RAID controller is the only new device found, the 'Found New
Hardware Wizard' window will appear.
c.
Select 'Install from a list or specific location', and then click Next.
d.
Select 'Search removable media', then click Next.