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Software
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Windows 2000
Unlike Windows releases, Windows NT & 2000 supports a Dual Processing
environment. Therefore if you wish to obtain extra performance from your system
using a second processor Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 is a better platform.
Please note that directions below unless otherwise specified pertain to all releases
of Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, and Advanced Server).
1: Install Windows 2000. Follow Microsoft directions for installation. If you
are installing from CD-ROM you may now boot directly from the Windows
2000 CD and begin installation right away. No more bootable floppy disks or
DOS real mode CD drivers needed! (Atapi EIDE CD drives and CD versions
only.) See page 44 for enabling this feature (boot sequence).
When Windows 2000 setup starts it will prompt “press F6 to install SCSI/
RAID”, at this moment press the <F6> function key. When prompted press <S>
to specify additional driver. Insert the HPT370 driver disk and install the driver
following the onscreen prompts.
During Windows 2000 installation the setup program will detect the computer
type. For both single and dual processing configurations the board should use
“ ACPI Multiprocessor PC. ”
2. Install HighPoint (HPT370) Disk Array monitoring utility (OPTIONAL).
Located on the Driver Disk or CD-ROM in the HPT370\UTIL folder is an
utility that reports information about the status of any RAID array created by the
HighPoint controller. Use SETUP.EXE in HPT370/UTIL to install. .
3: Congratulations basic installation complete! You now may continue to install
any additional drivers for other devices.
4: Install Video Card’s driver.
5: Install DirectX. This is available from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com.
6: Congratulations basic installation complete! You now may continue to install
any additional drivers for other devices. At this time you may wish to check for
any devices listed with question marks (?) in the Device Manager [Control
Panel / System icon] that had no drivers built-in during Windows installation.