HP Workstation x1000 hp workstations general - adaptec RAID installation guide - Page 43

Windows NT 4.0

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installing the driver d When you see the Adaptec splash screen, click Create Driver Disk. Then, click the appropriate operating system. e Insert a floppy disk and click OK. The system creates the driver disk. 2 Shut down the system and remove the Adaptec RAID Installation CD. 3 Restart the system. 4 Click the Windows Start button, select Run, and type a:\w2kprep.exe. 5 Remove the driver disk. 6 Insert the Windows 2000 CD and run the setup.exe program. Setup copies some files and then reboots the system. 7 When the system is restarting, a blue screen appears after the hardware detection message. When prompted to install a third-party driver, press F6. Note: You only have 5 seconds to press the F6 key during the installation startup. A hardware detection message appears when F6 is active. Press F6 at this time; otherwise, you must restart the installation process to complete this procedure correctly. 8 When prompted, insert the driver disk you created in Step 1 and select Adaptec I2O RAID Host Adapter Driver for Windows 2000. Press Enter and follow the instructions displayed. Windows NT 4.0 The following driver installation scenarios exist for Windows NT 4.0: s installing the driver in a new system with only one controller on page 3-6 3-5

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installing the driver
d
When you see the Adaptec splash screen, click
Create
Driver Disk
. Then, click the appropriate operating
system.
e
Insert a floppy disk and click
OK
. The system creates the
driver disk.
2
Shut down the system and remove the
Adaptec RAID
Installation CD
.
3
Restart the system.
4
Click the Windows
Start
button, select
Run
, and type
a:\w2kprep.exe
.
5
Remove the driver disk.
6
Insert the Windows 2000 CD and run the
setup.exe
program.
Setup copies some files and then reboots the system.
7
When the system is restarting, a blue screen appears after
the hardware detection message. When prompted to install
a third-party driver, press
F6
.
Note:
You only have 5 seconds to press the F6 key during
the installation startup. A
hardware detection
message
appears when F6 is active. Press
F6
at this time;
otherwise, you must restart the installation process to
complete this procedure correctly.
8
When prompted, insert the driver disk you created in
Step 1
and select
Adaptec I
2
O RAID Host Adapter Driver for
Windows 2000
. Press
Enter
and follow the instructions
displayed.
Windows NT 4.0
The following driver installation scenarios exist for
Windows NT 4.0:
installing the driver in a new system with only one controller
on page 3-6