CHAPTER 6 - RAID Controller
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6.3 Installing the drivers6.3.1 Windows 2000/XP
Installing Driver During New Windows 2000/XP Installation
Note: Before the Windows 2000/XP installing, please copy the whole files and folder in
the folder as follows “RAID\Win2000\”(“RAID\Winxp\”) of the Driver CD-ROM
to a floppy disk.
1. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes.
2. Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type “WINNT”. After files have been copied, the
system will reboot. On the reboot, press <F6> after the message “Setup is inspecting your
computer’s hardware configuration …” appears.
3. OS CD-ROM Install: Boot from the OS CD-ROM. Press <F6> after message “Press F6 if
you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver” appears.
4. When the “Windows 2000(XP) Setup” window is generated, press “S” to specigy an
additional device(s).
5. Press “O” to select “Other” and press the “Enter” key.
6. Insert the Promise Technology® driver diskette into drive A: and press “Enter” key.
7. Choose “Win2000 Promise FastTrak100 (tm) Lite Controller” ( “Windows XP Promise
FastTrak100 (tm) Controller (PDC20265)” ) from the list that appears on screen, and then
press the “Enter” key.
8. The Windows 2000/XP Setup screen will appear again saying “Setup will load support for
the following mass storage devices:” The list will include “Win2000 Promise FastTrak100
(tm) Lite Controller” ( “Windows XP Promise FastTrak100 (tm) Controller
(PDC20265)” ).
Note: If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are
specifies, continue to next step.
9. From the Windows 2000/XP Setup screen press the [Enter] key. Setup will now load all
device files and then continue the Windows 2000/XP installation.