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Materials required, Creating a 3ware driver disk – Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-16i4e User Manual

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Appendix B. Driver and Software Installation

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3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2

Install the 3ware driver when Windows is already installed on a different
device.

Materials Required

LSI 3ware CD

Microsoft Windows installation media (Not required if Windows is
already installed on another drive.).

Floppy diskette or USB drive, to create a driver disk, if required

Creating

a 3ware Driver Disk

If you are installing Windows on a new unit or drive managed by the 3ware
RAID controller, you can create a driver disk, or install the driver from the
3ware CD.

To create a driver floppy diskette

1

Insert the 3ware CD into your Windows system.

Autorun should start the 3ware menu program. If it does not, open

My

Computer

from within the Windows Explorer, select the CD, right-click

and choose

AutoPlay

.

2

When the License screen appears, review and agree to the license in order
to continue.

3

When the 3ware Menu appears, click Driver Disk Images.

4

In the 3ware Driver Disk Images menu, click the appropriate button to
create the driver diskette that you need.

Note that there are both 32-bit and 64-bit drivers available for Windows.
Be sure to select the correct one.

5

When the confirm message appears, insert a blank diskette into a floppy
drive and click the Yes button to begin the process.

To copy the driver to a USB drive

1

Insert the 3ware CD into your Windows system.

2

On the CD, navigate to packages/images and locate the appropriate driver.

Note:

You must have administrator privileges for your system to install the

Windows operating system and the 3ware driver.