26. Installing RAID/SATA Drivers
Raid and/or SATA drivers are not installed by
default by the Windows Operating system; therefore
if your Raid or SATA drivers are not installed
manually at the beginning of the Windows
installation sequence, the chances are that you will
not have access to your Raid or SATA disk drive(s).
To remedy this the driver(s) need to be installed
during the very early stages of installation of the
Windows Operating system.
Clean Install
1/ Turn your PC On.
2/ As the PC starts quickly
insert the Windows Vista DVD into
the DVD drive.
3/ If all goes well a black screen should appear
with the legend Press any key to boot from
CD or DVD. If you miss this screen just
reboot your machine again.
4/ At the Press any key to boot from CD
or DVD screen Press Enter
or any other key to start the Windows Installation.
5/ Windows will now start loading files into
memory.
6/ After files have been loaded the screen will
change to a black screen with a green progress bar.
Beneath the progress bar are the Microsoft copyright
details.
7/ After a short while the language
selection screen will appear. Select the desired
language, and then click the Next
button.
8/ The Install screen will now
appear.
9/ On the Install screen Press
the Install Now button.
10/ At the next screen Insert your
Windows Product Code number and press
Enter.
11/ Next you need to accept the EULA
(End User Licence Agreement). Place a
Tick in the Accept
box and then Click the Next button.
12/ At the next screen you will need to
Select your Installation type. As you are
performing Clean install only the
Custom option will be available for
selection.
13/ The next screen asks Where do you
want to install Windows.
14/ On this screen, bottom left hand corner, you
will see an option marked Load Drivers.
Click on this option.
15/ To install the device driver(s) you will need
to insert the installation media that came with the
RAID/SATA drives and which contains
the relevant driver(s). This media can be floppy
disk, CD/DVD or USB flash drive. Once you have
inserted the media into the relevant drive, Click
the OK button.
16/ The system will now search the media for the
relevant driver(s).
17/ After the search has been completed the
driver(s) will appear in the Select the
driver to be installed Window.
18/ Select the relevant driver and then click
Next.
19/ The driver will now be installed.
20/ If more than one driver requires to be
installed, repeat steps 17 to
19 until the necessary drivers have
been installed.
21/ After all drivers have been installed, click
the Next button to continue
installing Windows Vista.
Upgrade Installation
1/ Turn your PC On and boot to
your current Windows Operating system.
2/ Once your current operating system has booted
insert the Windows Vista DVD into
the DVD drive.
3/ The DVD will spin and the Vista
Installation screen will appear.
4/ At the installation screen, press the
Install Now button.
5/ A Please Wait screen will now
appear.
6/ After a few moments a screen will appear
asking you to get important updates from the
internet. If you are connected to the Internet,
select the Yes option. If not then
select No.
7/ Next type in your Windows Product code
number and Click the Next
button
8/ The Windows EULA (End User
Licence Agreement) now appears. Accept
the licence agreement and Click Next.
9/ The next window asks Which type of
installation do you want. Select
Upgrade.
10/ In the next window click the Load
Drivers option in the bottom left corner of
the window.
11/ To install the device driver(s) you will need
to insert the installation media that came with the
RAID/SATA drives and which contains
the relevant driver(s). This media can be floppy
disk, CD/DVD or USB flash drive. Once you have
inserted the media into the relevant drive, Click
the OK button.
12/ The system will now search the media for the
relevant driver(s).
13/ After the search has been completed the
driver(s) will appear in the Select the
driver to be installed Window.
14/ Select the relevant driver and then click
Next.
15/ The driver will now be installed.
16/ If more than one driver requires to be
installed, repeat steps 11 to 15
until the necessary drivers have been installed.
17/ After all drivers have been installed, click
the Next button to continue
installing Windows Vista.