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5.2.4Using a USB floppy disk drive

Due to OS limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive when you install the RAID driver from a floppy disk during the OS installation.

To solve this issue, add the USB floppy disk drive’s Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) to the floppy disk containing the RAID driver. Refer to the steps below:

1.Using another computer, plug the USB floppy disk drive, and insert the floppy disk containing the RAID driver.

2.Right-click My Computer on the

Windows® desktop or start menu, and then select Manage from the

pop-up window.

or

3. Select Device Manager. From the Universal Serial Bus controllers, right-clickxxxxxx USB Floppy, and then select Properties from the pop-up window.

The name of the USB floppy disk drive varies with different vendors.

4.Click Details tab. The Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID) are displayed.

5.Browse the contents of the RAID driver disk to locate the file txtsetup.oem.

6.Double-click the file. A window appears, allowing you to select the program for opening the oem file.

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