3Com 3CR990-TX-97 manual Getting Help, Installing the Network Driver Using the EtherCD, Windows

40CHAPTER 3: INSTALLING NIC DRIVERS IN WINDOWS

Getting Help

To display the Help system during the software installation, click Help on any 3Com window.

Installing the Network Driver Using the EtherCD

To install the network driver using the EtherCD, follow the steps in the section that is specific to your Windows operating system.

Before installing the network driver:

■Make sure that the NIC is installed in the PC and that it is connected to the network.

■Make sure that you have the Windows installation files (for Windows 95/98 only). These files may be on a CD or diskettes, or they may have been copied to your hard drive when Windows was installed on your PC.

Windows 2000

This section describes how to install the network driver and NIC software in a PC or server running Windows 2000.

Before you begin software installation:

■Make sure that all software installation requirements are met. See Installation Requirements on page 28.

■Install the hardware. For instructions, see Installing and Connecting the NIC on page 34.

Use the following procedure to install the driver for the first time in a computer that is running Windows 2000. (If you are updating a previous installation, see Updating the Network Driver and NIC Software on page 51.)

To install the software:

1Turn on the power to the PC.

2Start Windows 2000 and log in to the Windows 2000 Administrator account.

After The Windows 2000 Found New Hardware Wizard starts. The wizard detects the new NIC(s) and begins the driver installation.