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Windows vista driver installation – HighPoint RocketRAID 2644X4 User Manual

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RocketRAID 2644X4 Web-RAID Management Interface

3.

Double click the “SCSI and RAID controllers” entry. If the RocketRAID device

entry is not displayed, or there are “?” or “!” marks displayed near the

RocketRAID entry, the driver has not been installed properly. Delete the entries

and reinstall the driver.

Installing the RocketRAID driver during a fresh Windows

installation

1.

After booting from the Windows CD or DVD-ROM, when the Windows Setup

blue screen appears, look towards the bottom of the screen. Windows will

prompt you to press the F6 key if you want to install a third party SCSI or RAID

driver. Press the F6 key at this time.

2.

The setup procedure will continue, and will later instruct you to press the “S” key

to specify additional adapters. Press the “S” key as instructed.

3.

Next, the setup program will prompt for the insertion of the driver diskette. Please

insert the driver diskette, and then press ENTER to continue.

4.

The next window will display several driver options. Please select the driver for

the corresponding operating system, and press ENTER to continue.

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Windows Vista Driver Installation

Installing the driver during a fresh Windows Vista installation

1. Boot from Windows Vista DVD.

2.

When the screen “where do you want to install Windows” appears, click “Load

driver” and browse for the driver location. Windows Vista can install drivers from

several media types: floppy diskette, USB flash disk or CD.

3.

Select the RocketRAID 2644X4 controller driver, and click “Next”.

4.

The driver is now installed - you can now continue on with the installation

procedure.

Installing the driver for an existing Windows Vista system

1.

Install the RocketRAID 2644X4 host adapter into the PC, then boot up Windows

Vista.