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Removing a Host Adapter in Windows NT 4.0, Problems and Solutions

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Removing a Host Adapter in Windows NT 4.0 1. From the Control Panel, double-click the SCSI Adapters icon. 2. Click the Drivers tab. 3. Using the arrow keys select the following driver: Adaptec 29160(N), 29160, 39160, AHA-3960D, AIC-7892/7899 Ultra160 PCI SCSI Controller (NT 4.0) 4. Click the Remove button. 5. If you are sure you are removing the correct host adapter type, click Yes. 6. Click Yes to restart the computer and initialize changes. Click No to return to the SCSI Adapters window. NOTE Windows NT Setup does not delete the device driver from your system disk; it only updates Windows NT software configuration information so that the device driver is no longer loaded during system bootup. Troubleshooting Problems and Solutions I made changes to the host adapter configuration and Windows NT no longer boots! The boot manager for Windows NT contains recovery logic to allow you to return to the last known good configuration. If you have changed your host adapter configuration and Windows NT no longer boots, follow these steps to recover: 1. Undo any hardware changes you have made to the computer since it was last operational. 2. Reboot the computer. Watch the display carefully during bootup. If the following message appears, press the Spacebar and follow the instructions onscreen to continue booting with the last known good configuration: 31

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Removing a Host Adapter in Windows NT 4.0
1. From the Control Panel, double-click the
SCSI Adapters
icon.
2. Click the
Drivers
tab.
3. Using the arrow keys select the following driver:
Adaptec 29160(N), 29160, 39160, AHA-3960D, AIC-7892/7899
Ultra160 PCI SCSI Controller (NT 4.0)
4. Click the
Remove
button.
5. If you are sure you are removing the correct host adapter type, click
Yes
.
6. Click
Yes
to restart the computer and initialize changes. Click
No
to return to
the SCSI Adapters window.
NOTE
Windows NT Setup does not delete the device driver from your
system disk; it only updates Windows NT software configuration
information so that the device driver is no longer loaded during
system bootup.
Troubleshooting
Problems and Solutions
I made changes to the host adapter configuration and Windows NT
no longer boots!
The boot manager for Windows NT contains recovery logic to allow you to
return to the last known good configuration. If you have changed your host
adapter configuration and Windows NT no longer boots, follow these steps to
recover:
1. Undo any hardware changes you have made to the computer since it was last
operational.
2. Reboot the computer. Watch the display carefully during bootup. If the fol-
lowing message appears, press the
Spacebar
and follow the instructions on-
screen to continue booting with the last known good configuration: