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Updating the windows95 miniport driver, 1 if windows95 is not already running, start it, 2 insert the windows95 drivers diskette in the p – Adaptec 1450 User Manual

Page 11: 3 double-click the my computer icon and double-cli, 4 double-click the add new hardware icon. the add, 5 click next. when the next screen appears, select, 6 when the next screen appears, select the scsi co, 7 when the next screen appears, click have disk. t, 8 when the next screen appears, select apa-1450b p, 9 when the next screen appears, click finish

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Updating the Windows 95 Miniport Driver

Updating the Windows 95
Miniport Driver

Windows 95 has built-in software support for the SlimSCSI 1450.
This means that when you install the SlimSCSI 1450, Windows auto-
matically finds and installs the driver for it. However, you may be
able to achieve better data I/O performance by installing the
updated driver from the diskette included with the SlimSCSI 1450.
Follow these steps if you wish to do this:

1

If Windows 95 is not already running, start it now.

2

Insert the Windows 95 drivers diskette in the portable PC’s
floppy disk drive.

3

Double-click the My Computer icon and Double-click the
Control Panel

icon.

4

Double-click the Add New Hardware icon. The Add New
Hardware Wizard screen appears.

5

Click Next. When the next screen appears, select No and click
Next

.

6

When the next screen appears, select the SCSI controllers icon
and click Next. (You may need to scroll down before you can
see the icon.)

7

When the next screen appears, click Have Disk. Type

a:

if it

does not already appear on the screen, and click OK.

8

When the next screen appears, select APA-1450B PCMCIA
SCSI Host Adapter

, if it is not already highlighted, and click

Next

.

9

When the next screen appears, click Finish.

10

Reboot your PC if Windows 95 prompts you to do so; if there is
no prompt, you do not need to reboot in order to start using
the new driver.