Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New Unit

3In the 3ware Driver & Firmware Images menu, click the appropriate button to create the driver diskette that you need.

Note that there are both 32-bit and 64-bit AMD drivers available for Windows. Be sure to select the correct one.

4When the confirm message appears, insert a blank diskette into a floppy drive and click the Yes button to begin the process.

Installing the 3ware Driver and Windows on a New Unit

If you want to install Windows on a new drive configuration managed by the 3ware RAID controller, follow the instructions in this section.

If Windows is already installed on another drive, turn to “Installing the Driver on a System that Boots from a Different Device” on page 56.

To install Windows and the 3ware driver

1Boot from the Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 CD and press F6 when you see the message: “Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver” at the bottom of the display.

2When you see the message: “Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter…”

Type S to specify that you have an additional 3ware RAID controller.

3Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter.

4When a box with AMCC 3ware Series ATA RAID Controller appears, press Enter to select it.

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