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Windows XP Fresh Installation
1. Power off the system. Insert the controller card into a PCI slot and connect the hard drives
to the controller card. Power up the system.
2. Put your Windows XP CD into the CD-ROM/DVD drive.
3. Press F6 for third party SCSI or driver installation. Press ‘S’ when setup asks if you want
to specify an additional device. Press ‘Enter’ and select ‘[CD Drive Letter]:\ SATA PCIe_
Raid5_2Port \SiI3132\Windows\Driver’.
4. Press ‘Enter’ to continue.
5. Follow the setup instructions to select your choice for partitions and the fi le system.
6. After setup examines your disks, it will copy fi les to the Windows installation folders and
restart the system. The setup program will continue and fi nish the installation after restart.
7. Wait until Windows fi nishes installing devices, regional settings, networking settings, and
components. Reboot the system if it is stated as a requirement.
Software Installation