Contec SPI-8450-LLVA User Manual
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CHAPTER 6 - RAID Controller
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Installing Driver in Existing Windows 2000/XP System
WARNING: If you will be moving the boot drive containing the existing Windows 2000/XP operating
system to a mirrored RAID 1 array on the controller, the controller driver MUST be loaded to
the hard drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller. Do not attach this
drive or any other hard drive to the controller before completing this step.
After installing the FastTrak100-Lite and rebooting your system, Windows 2000/XP setup
will show a “New Hardware Found” dialog box. Under Windows 2000/XP, the “PCI
RAID Controller” will be displayed.
1.
In the dialog box, choose “Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer” button.
2.
Insert the Driver CD-ROM into the your CD-ROM drive.
3.
Type “D:RAID\Win2000”(“D:RAID\Winxp”) in the text box. Press [Enter].
* This case the CD-ROM drive is D: .
4.
Choose “Win2000 Promise FastTrak100-Life Controller” (“Windows XP Promise
FastTrak100 (tm) controller(PDC20265)”) from the list that appears on screen, and then
press the [Enter] key.
5.
The Windows 2000/Xp Setup screen will show again “Setup will load support for the
following mass storage devices – “Win2000 Promise FastTrak100 (tm) Lite controller”
(“Windows XP Promise FastTrak100 (tm) controller(PDC20265)”). The driver will now
be copied on to the system and entered into the Windows 2000/XP driver database.
6.
When the “System Settings Change” dialog box appears, remove the floppy diskette and
click on [Yes] to restart the system. Windows 2000/XP will then restart for the driver
installation to take effect.
7.
Power off your system, and then attach your hard drives to the SPI-8450-LLVA’s RAID
connectors.
Confirming Windows 2000/XP Installation
1.
From Windows 2000/XP, open the Control Panel from “My Computer” followed by the
system icon.
2.
Choose the “Hardware” tab, click the “Device Manager” tab.
3.
Click the [+] in front of “SCSI & RAID Controllers hardware type.” The driver “Win2000
Promise FastTrak/FastTrak100-Lite Controller” (“Windows XP Promise FastTrak100
(tm) controller(PDC20265)”) should appear.