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Getting Help
To display the Help system during the software installation,
click
Help
on any 3Com window.
Installing the Network Driver Using the EtherCD
To install the network driver using the
EtherCD
, follow
the steps in the section that is specific to your Windows
operating system.
Before installing the network driver:
■
Make sure that the NIC is installed in the PC and
that it is connected to the network.
■
Make sure that you have the Windows installation files
(for Windows 95/98 only). These files may be on a CD
or diskettes, or they may have been copied to your hard
drive when Windows was installed on your PC.
Windows 2000
This section describes how to install the network driver and
NIC software in a PC or server running Windows 2000.
Before you begin software installation:
■
Make sure that all software installation requirements
are met. See Installation Requirements on page 28.
■
Install the hardware. For instructions, see Installing and
Connecting the NIC on page 34.
Use the following procedure to install the driver for the first
time in a computer that is running Windows 2000. (If you
are updating a previous installation, see Updating the
Network Driver and NIC Software on page 51.)
To install the software:
1 Turn on the power to the PC.
2 Start Windows 2000 and log in to the Windows 2000
Administrator account.
After The Windows 2000 Found New Hardware Wizard
starts. The wizard detects the new NIC(s) and begins the
driver installation.
