User`s guide

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Section 10
Windows XP Driver Installation
(QL2300.SYS)
10.1
Introduction
This section provides instructions for installing the Windows XP driver under the
following operating system conditions:
n Initial installation of Windows XP operating system and the Windows XP driver
(QLA23xx HBA connects to the boot device)
n Initial installation of Windows XP operating system and the Windows XP driver
(QLA23xx HBA connects to an add-on device)
n Installation of the Windows XP driver in an already installed Windows XP
operating system
n Installing an updated Windows XP driver in an already installed Windows XP
operating system that has an older version of the driver
10.2
Creating the Driver Disk
Follow these steps to create driver disk containing the files needed to install the
Windows XP driver:
1. Locate the driver you want on the QLogic web site (www.qlogic.com
) and click
Link to driver.
2. If prompted What would you like to do with this file?, choose Save this
program to disk. Specify a temporary location on the hard drive and download
the driver.
3. Insert a blank disk in drive A.
4. Run the self-extracting file you just downloaded, specifying A:\ for Unzip To
Folder.