RAID installation guide for Promise PDC20378

Short Description
This document provides a brief step-by-step guide for beginners in how to set up a RAID drive using the onboard Promise® PDC20378 controller, operating under the Windows XP environment. This guide was designed to only cover the basic operations in setting up RAID. Should this document not cover what you need, please refer to the FastTrak 378 Quick Start Guide provided on the motherboard’s Support CD.

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…The drivers for the Promise® FastTrakT 387 RAID controller should be already installed if you have followed your motherboard’s manual after installing your OS. However, it is still best to check.
1) Under Windows XP, right click on My Computer and go to properties.
2) Click on the Hardware tab and then click on Device Manager.
3) Open SCSI and RAID controllers and check if WinXP Promise FastTrak 378 ™ Controller is there.
4) If it is, then you should be ready to install your RAID drive. If not, follow the remaining steps to install the driver.
5) Insert your motherboard’s Support CD into your CD-ROM drive. A menu should automatically pop up if Autorun is enabled.
6) Click on the Drivers tab and then on Promise Fastrak 378 Driver. This will open a text file. Likewise, if Autorun isn’t enabled, open the file corresponding to you OS from DriversPromiseSetup. The file will contain instructions on how to install the driver.
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