Installing the ATA RAID controller while installing Windows 2000/XP/2003www.3ware.com 47Installing the ATA RAID controller whileinstalling Windows 2000/XP/2003Materials required:■ Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 installation CD-ROM■ 3ware CD-ROM(You will be required to create a 3ware Windows Driver Installation Dis-kette from the files located on the 3ware CD-ROM. Please refer to the“Readme.txt” file on the 3ware CD-ROM for directions.)Create disk arraysRefer to the 3ware Hardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configura-tion Utility chapters.Installing with the initial operating system build1 Boot from the Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD and press F6 when the mes-sage: “Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver”appears at the bottom of the display.2 When you get the message: “Setup could not determine the type of one ormore mass storage devices or you have chosen to manually specify andadapter…” press S to specify that you have an additional disk ATA RAIDcontroller.3 Insert the 3ware driver diskette and press Enter.4 A box with 3ware ATA RAID Controller is displayed. Press Enter toselect it.5 Press S if you have additional devices to add. Otherwise, press Enter.Continue with Windows installationContinue with the normal Windows 2000/ XP/2003 installation at thispoint.There are no instructions after installing the driver that are specific to3ware. Refer to the Windows 2000/XP/2003 documentation supplied byMicrosoft if you need additional instructions.Make sure that the Windows operating system is at the appropriate ServicePack level. Windows 2000 must be at SP3 or newer; Windows XP must be atSP1 or newer. You can get service packs for Windows at the Microsoftwebsite.
