User manual

DRIVER INSTALLATION

or pass-through disks accessible to Windows. This procedure

assumes that the SATA RAID controller hardware, driver, and

Windows are installed and operational in your system.

1. Partition and format the new volume set or disks using Disk

Administrator:

a. Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu.

b. Choose Computer Management from the Administrative Tools

menu.

c. Select Storage.

d. Select Disk Management.

2. Follow the on-screen prompts to write a signature to the

drive.

3. Right click on the disk drive and select Create Volume from

the menu.

4. Follow the on-screen prompts to create a volume set and to

give a disk drive letter.

4.2.3 Install controller into an existing Windows

2000/XP/2003

In this scenario, you are installing the controller in a new Win-

dows system. To install the driver:

1. Follow the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

Chapter to install the controller and connect the disk drives or

enclosure.

2. Start the system and then press Tab/F6 to enter the McBIOS-

based conﬁguration utility. Use the conﬁguration utility to create

the raid set and volume set. For details, see Chapter 3 McBIOS

RAID Manager. Once a volume set is created and conﬁgured,

continue with install the driver.

3. Re-Boot Windows and OS will recognizes the SATA RAID

Controller and launches the “Found New Hardware Wizard”,

which guides you in installing the SATA RAID driver.