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8.
Installation under Windows 2000,Windows XP
8.1. General Information
Windows 2000/XP has a built-in standardised SCSI interface that allows you to
adapt your specific hardware to the different SCSI hostadapters. Hardware adaptation
is done by driver “DC2976.SYS” located in the “\WIN2000” directory on your installation
diskette. The file "DC2976.INF" (also stored in the "\WIN2000" directory) controls the
Windows 2000/XP installer.
The device drivers required for running CD-ROM or removable disk drives etc.
are part of the Windows 2000/XP operating system providing an automatic setup
procedure which much facilitates the installation process. Windows 2000/XP
recognizes your SCSI hostadapter automatically and installs a suitable standard
Windows driver. To install the delivered driver or a current one from the Internet, open
the symbol "System" in the control panel (XP: switch to "classic view") and choose the
category "Hardware".
Then click the "Device Manager" and choose the SCSI hostadapter under the
section SCSI and RAID
controller. Choose
"Driver Update" under
the catagory "Drivers".
The assistent starts to
update the device
drivers. Please follow
the instructions on the
screen. The necessary
files for the installation
are located in the
"\WIN2000" directory of
your installation
diskette. After you have
determined the
corresponding drive
and directory, a window
with the exact model description of your SCSI hostadapter appears.
PCI SCSI hostadapters are automatically configured by the PCI BIOS, i.e. the
SCSI hostadapter is assigned a free interrupt and a free I/O address which cannot
be changed via Windows’ Device Manager.
After PC restart the SCSI hostadapter and all SCSI devices connected to it will
be listed in Windows' Device Manager.
