Maintenance and service 12.5 Installing Software
12.5.5.4Installing the Microsoft Windows operating system (for RAID)
RAID Recovery
Notes on RAID systems (Optional)
To install the operating system with the RAID option, the following steps must be carried out:
1.When the device starts up, press <Ctrl> + <F> to enter the BIOS setup of the RAID controller.
2.Select the AUTO SETUP option, to connect a RAID (choice between RAID 0 "Stripe" and RAID 1 "Mirror").
3.After the RAID has been connected, the device must be rebooted.
4.Boot from the Recovery CD and when the BIOS message ”Press <F2> to enter Setup or <ESC> to show Boot Menu"
appears, press the ESC key. After initialization, a "Boot Menu" is displayed. Select the optical drive with the cursor keys there.
5.During the
The associated driver is supplied on the Documentation & Drivers CD can must first be copied to a diskette.
Note
Please notice also the information in the electronic manuals of the controller. You can find these on the supplied Documentation and Drivers CD.
6.Follow the screen instructions until the Recovery functions window is displayed.
7.Create a partition using the WinPE tool as described in Section 12.5.2 "Setting up partitions for Windows operating systems“, and format this partition. This partition then has to be activated.
8.Select "Start command prompt" in the Recovery functions window.
9.Set the appropriate drive letter in folder I386 and start "Winnt32.bat" from this folder
Note
After copying the Windows installation files, return to the "SIEMENS Simatic Recovery" main menu.
10.Close the Siemens SIMATIC Recovery window with the "Finish" button
11.The Windows installation is completed following an automatic restart of the system
12.Follow the instructions on the screen
SIMATIC Panel PC 877 | |
Operating instructions, Release 07/2006, |
