Promise Technology S150 user manual Existing Windows 2000 Installation

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Chapter 4: Installing Software Drivers

Existing Windows 2000 Installation

After installing the FastTrak S150 TX4 card and rebooting your system, Windows 2000 setup will show a “New Hardware Found” dialog box. Under Windows 2000, “PCI Mass Storage Controller” will be displayed.

1.Choose Add New Hardware Wizard from the list, and then press Enter.

2.Choose Add/Troubleshoot a device and click Next. The new hardware wizard will show device list

3.Choose Mass Storage controller and click Next. At the following screen click Finish.

4.Choose Display a list the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver then click Next.

5.When the Windows 2000 supported SCSI adapter drivers list appears, click Have disk.

6.Insert the FastTrak TX4 driver diskette in drive A:\.

7.Type A:\Win2000 in the text box. Click OK.

8.Choose Win2000 Promise FastTrak TX4000/S150 TX Series Controller from the list that appears on screen, then click Next.

9.Click Yes to confirm continue the installation and copy the driver to system.

10.Remove the diskette and click Finish to restart the system. Windows 2000 will then restart for the driver installation to take effect.

Confirming Windows 2000 Driver Installation

1.Right-click on the My Computer icon and select Manage from the popup menu.

2.From the left panel, select Device Manager.

3.Click the “+” in front of SCSI controllers. “Win2000 Promise FastTrak TX4000/S150 TX Series Controller” should appear.

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Contents Fasttrak S150 TX4 Important Data Protection Information CopyrightTrademarks Contents Page FastTrak S150 TX4 IntroductionPromise Array Management Utility PAM Features Benefits Key Features and BenefitsCompatibility Unpacking Your FastTrak Card InstallationInsert the FastTrak card into an open PCI slot Installing the FastTrak CardInstalling the Hard Drives FastTrak S150 TX4 card Creating Your Disk Array Creating a Performance Array Creating a Security Array with New Drives Creating a Security Array with an Existing Data Drive Seagate S380023AS Creating a Security Array with Quick Initialization Viewing FastTrak S150 TX4 Bios Screen Using FastBuild Configuration UtilityUsing the Main Menu Navigating the FastBuild Setup MenuPerformance Creating Arrays AutomaticallyOptimize Array for Security and Performance SecurityCreating Multiple Arrays Using a Hot Spare DriveViewing Drive Assignments Manually Creating an Array Selecting Stripe Block Selecting Array TypeAssigning Drives to Array Gigabyte BoundaryCreating a Striped Array Creating a Mirrored Array Using New DrivesAdding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive Drive Model Capacity MB How FastTrak S150 TX4 Saves Array Information Creating a Hot Spare Drive for Mirrored ArraysHow FastTrak S150 TX4 Orders Arrays Deleting an Array Array Stripe 160048 Rebuilding a Mirrored Array 80024 Page Procedure Number Installing Software Drivers New Windows XP Installation Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation Existing Windows XP InstallationNew Windows 2000 Installation Confirming Windows 2000 Driver Installation Existing Windows 2000 InstallationNew Windows ME Installation Confirming Windows ME Driver Installation Existing Windows ME InstallationNew Windows NT4.0 Installation Removing Driver from Windows NT4.0 Existing Windows NT4.0 InstallationNew Windows 98 Installation Confirming Windows 98 Driver Installation Existing Windows 98 InstallationPage FastBuild Auto Menu Setup About Adapter BiosDisk Array Concepts About FastTrak S150 TX4Disk Array Terms RAID Level Performance Fault Capacity No. Tolerance DrivesDisk Array Description Disk Array MemberStriping RAID About RAID LevelsData Mirror Disk Drives Mirroring RAIDStriping / Mirroring RAID 0+1 Failed Array Event Drives Status Why? About Dual Data RedundancyMotherboard Issues Troubleshooting & TipsConfiguring PCI IRQ resources Intermittent data problemsUsing an Onboard IDE Card with FastTrak S150 TX4 System Cmos IssuesCritical Array Status Error Reported during Boot Drive-Related ErrorsDrive cannot be formed into an array System Cmos displays C or D drive failure during StartupUnable to Partition or Format Array Cannot Rebuild Mirrored RAID 1 Array Promise Windows driver does not appear in Device Manager Operating System-Related IssuesTroubleshooting & Tips Optimize Array for Performance Performance TipsChange Setting of PCI Bus Utilization Page Pre-Installation Appendix a Frequently Asked QuestionsRAID 1 Mirror Drive IssuesRAID 0 Stripe Appendix a FAQs Post-Installation Installation IssuesAppendix B Technical Support Technical Support ServicesUSA Tech Support Center European Tech SupportChina Office Pacific Rim Sales OfficeDisclaimer of other warranties Limited WarrantyYour Responsibilities Returning Product for Repair