3Ware 7000-2 - Escalade RAID Controller, User Manual

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Windows® 2000 or Windows XP Installation
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3 Log in as system administrator. When the system has rebooted
you should see a brief splash screen, followed immediately by
an “Installation Complete” notification.
4 Partition and format any new disk arrays or independent disks
using Disk Management from Administrative Tools .
a Choose Administrative Tools from the Start menu.
b Choose Computer Management from the Administrative
Tools menu.
c Select Storage.
d Select Disk Management.
5 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to write a signature to the
drive.
6 Right click on the drive and select Create Volume .
7 Follow the steps the appear on-screen to create a volume and to
assign a drive letter.
Install the 3DM disk management utility
Refer to the 3DM Disk Management Utility chapter.