HighPoint Data Center 7280 - Manual (Page 10)

HighPoint Software CD
Each retail box includes a copy of the HighPoint Products Software CD.
This CD can be used to generate driver diskettes, and install the HighPoint DataCenter driver.
Creating a driver diskette
Windows XP, 2003，2000,Vista,Windows2008, Windows7 and several distributions of Linux and
FreeBSD require driver diskettes when installing the operating system directly to a disk or array hosted
by the DataCenter host adapter.
To create a driver floppy diskette:
1. Insert the CD into the system’s CD/DVD drive. The program should start automatically.
2. Insert a blank floppy diskette into the system’s floppy drive.
3. Click on “Create Driver Diskette”.
4. Click on the “Please Select a Product” drop‐down button, and select the appropriate host adapter
model from the list.
5. Click on the “Please Select the Diskette you want to create” drop‐down button, and select the
desired operating system from the list.
6. Click on the “OK” button to create the driver diskette.
Device Driver Installation – Windows Operating Systems
We recommend visiting the HighPoint product pages for the latest Windows Device Driver updates:
http://highpoint‐tech.com
Drivers are posted in .zip archive format. Most Windows operating systems will recognize this archive
format, natively. Double click the driver download to view and extract their contents. Drivers can be
extracted and/or copied to various media.