User`s guide
10 – Windows XP Driver Installation
Installing the Windows XP Driver
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10.3.3
Installing the Windows XP Driver
The QLA23xx HBAs are plug-and-play devices that are automatically detected by
Windows XP. Perform the following steps to add the Windows XP driver to a
previously installed Windows XP system:
1. Connect the QLA23xx HBA to the appropriate slot on your computer.
2. Restart or power up your computer.
3. When your computer powers up, Windows detects the newly installed device,
then displays the Found New Hardware with SCSI controller message. The
Found New Hardware Wizard program is launched to begin installing the
QL2300.SYS driver for the QLA23xx HBA.
4. Click Next.
5. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended). Click
Next.
6. Scroll down the Hardware types list, select SCSI and RAID controllers and
click Next.
7. Insert the driver disk created in section 10.2 and click Have Disk.
8. On the Install From Disk dialog box, type the following:
A:\
Click OK.
9. Click Next.
10. On the Start Device Driver Installation dialog box, click Next.
11. When the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box displays, select Yes.
12. Click Finish on the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard/Completing the Upgrade
Device Driver Wizard dialog box.
13. The following message displays:
Your hardware settings have changed. You must restart your
computer for these changes to take effect. Do you want to
restart your computer now?
Click Yes.