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Chapter 5: VIA VT8237 SATA RAID Setup Guide
Installing RAID Software & Drivers
Install Driver in Windows OS
New Windows OS (2000/XP/NT4) Installation
The following details the installation of the drivers while installing Windows XP.
1 Start the installation:
Boot from the CD-ROM. Press
F6
when the message “Press F6 if you
need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver’ appears.
2 When the Windows Setup window is generated, press
S
to specify an
Additional Device(s).
3 Insert the driver diskette
VIA VT8237 Disk Driver
into drive A: and
press <Enter>.
4 Depending on your operation system, choose
VIA Serial ATA RAID
Controller (Windows XP), VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller
(Windows 2000) or VIA Serial ATA RAID Controller (Windows
NT4)
from the list that appears on Windows XP Setup screen, press the
<Enter> key.
5 Press <Enter> to continue with installation or if you need to specify any
additional devices to be installed, do so at this time. Once all devices are
specified, press <Enter> to continue with installation.
6 From the Windows XP Setup screen press the <Enter> key. Setup will
now load all device files and the continue the Windows XP installation.
Existing Windows XP Driver Installation
1 Insert the supported CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2 The CD will auto-run and the setup screen will appear.
3 Under the Driver tab, click on
VIA SATA RAID Utility.
4 The drivers will be automatically installed.
Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation
1 From Windows XP, open the
Control Panel
from
My Computer
followed by the System icon.
2 Choose the
Hardware
tab, then click the
Device manager
tab.
3 Click the “+” in front of the
SCSI and RAID Controllers
hardware
type. The driver
VIA IDE RAID Host Controller
should appear.
