Chapter 4. Driver Installation
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3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Making Units Managed by a 3ware Controller
Available to Windows
After the 3ware driver has been installed, you need to partition and format the
new units or disks.
1
Remove the driver diskette or CD, reboot the system, and log in as the
system administrator.
2
Use
Disk Administrator
to partition and format the new units or disks:
From the
Start
menu, choose
Administrative Tools
>
Computer
Management
.
In the Computer Management window, under
Storage
, select
Disk
Management.
Figure 26. Computer Management Screen
3
Follow the steps that appear on the screen to write a signature to the drive.
4
Right-click on the drive and select
Create Volume
.
5
Follow the steps the appear on-screen to create a volume and to assign a
drive letter.