Installing Driver with Existing Windows NT 4.0
WARNING: If you plan to move your boot drive to a mirrored RAID 1 FastTrak array,
hard drives should NOT be connected to the FastTrak 376 controller before performing the
following procedure. The FastTrak 376 drivers must be loaded on the system hard drive
(running under the existing hard drive controller) before any hard drives are connected to
the FastTrak 376 controller.
1. Choose "Settings" from the "Start" menu.
2. Choose "Control Panel" from the "Settings" menu.
3. Double-click on the "SCSI Adapters" icon, which generates the "SCSI Adapters" dialog box.
4. Choose "Drivers," and then press "Add."
5. In the "Install Drivers" dialog box, press "Have Disk..."
6. When the "Install From Disk" appears, insert the "FastTrak 376 Driver" into the CD-ROM Drive:.
7. Type "CD-ROM Drive:\Drivers\Promise\NT4\" in the text box window, then choose "OK."
8. When the "Install Driver" dialog box appears, select "Win NT Promise FastTrak 376
Controller" and then press "OK."
9. When the "Select SCSI Adapter Option" dialog box appears, press "Install."
10. After a successful installation, the "SCSI Adapter Setup" box will show that the
"Win NT Promise FastTrak 376 Controller" has been installed.
11. Power off your system.
12. If moving the boot drive to the FastTrak 376, now attach the hard drives otherwise reboot.
Installing Drivers During Windows NT 4.0 Installation
Note: Before install, you must make a "Promise Floppy Install DISK".
To copy all files and folders in {CD-ROM Drive}:\Drivers\Promise\*.* to Floppy.
1. Start the system installation by booting from the Windows NT disk:
a) Floppy install: boot the system with the Windows NT installation diskettes.
b) Floppyless install: boot from floppy and type "WINNT /B".
After files have been copied, the system will reboot. On the reboot,
press the "F6" key when the message "Setup is inspecting your computer
hardware configuration..." appears.
c) CD-ROM disk install: boot from the CD-ROM disk and press the "F6" key when
the message "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration..." appears.
2. When the "Windows NT Setup" window is generated, press "S" to Specify an Additional
Device(s) and press the "Enter" key.
3. Insert the "Promise Floppy Install DISK" into the Floppy Drive: and press "Enter" key.
4. Choose "Win NT Promise FastTrak 376 Controller" from the list that appears on screen,
then press the "Enter" key.
5. The Windows NT Setup screen will appear again saying "Setup will load support for the following
mass storage devices:" The list will include "Win NT Promise FastTrak 376 controller".
NOTE: If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed, do so at this time.
Once all devices are specified, continue to step 7.
6. From the Windows NT Setup screen, press the Enter key. Setup will now load all device files
and then continue the Windows NT installation.
7. After a successful installation, the "SCSI Adapter Setup" box will show that the
"Win NT Promise FastTrak 376 Controller" driver has been installed.
Removing the Driver from Windows NT 4.x
1. In "Start" Button choose "Control Panel" in "Setup" group.
2. In "Control Panel," select "SCSI Adapter," next choose "Drivers" label
3. Choose "Remove" button.
4. After successful removing, the "SCSI Adapter Setup" box will show that
"Win NT FastTrak 376 RAID Controller" has been removed.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.