Contec SPI-8451-LLVA User Manual

6. RAID Controller 

 

 

 

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CAUTION

 

 

 

Before the Windows 2000/XP installing, please copy the whole files and folder in the folder as 
follows “RAID\Win2000\” (“RAID\Winxp\”) of the Driver CD-ROM to a floppy disk. 

 
1.  Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows 2000 installation diskettes. 

2.  Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type “WINNT”. After files have been copied, the system 

will reboot. On the reboot, press <F6> after the message “Setup is inspecting your computer’s 
hardware configuration … “appears. 

3.  OS CD-ROM Install: Boot from the OS CD-ROM. Press <F6> after message “Press F6 if you need 

to install third party SCSI or RAID driver” appears. 

4.  When the “Windows 2000(XP) Setup” window is generated, press “S” to specify an additional 

device(s). 

5.  Press “O” to select “Other” and press the “Enter” key. 

6.  Insert the Promise Technology driver diskette into drive A: and press “Enter” key. 

7.  Choose “Win2000 Promise FastTrak100™-Lite Controller” (Windows XP Promise FastTrak100™ 

Controller (PDC20265)”) from the list that appears on screen and then press the “Enter” key. 

8.  The Windows 2000/XP Setup screen will appear again say in “Setup will load support for the 

following mass storage devices.” The list will include “Wind2000 Promise FastTrak100-Lite 
Controller” (“Windows XP Promise FastTrak100™ Controller (PDC20265)”). 

CAUTION

 

 

 

If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are 
specifies, continue to next 

 
9.  From the windows 2000/XP Setup screen press the [Enter] key. Setup will now load all device files 

and then continue the Windows 2000/XP installation.