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The FastTrak100 is a PCI card (what else?).
As you can see, the IDE connectors have been placed at the top of
the card. This should appeal to most users as that position allows
IDE cables to be easily attached to the connectors. Other than that,
there is nothing much to talk about it.
2. Setup Disks
This is pretty standard. The use of diskettes is great for those
installing Windows 2000/XP as the two OS will only read drivers from
diskettes during the installation process. However, it would be even
better if Promise could also include a CD-ROM with drivers and
support programs, just in case the diskettes get damaged.
Nevertheless, the diskettes should be good enough for all intent and
purposes.
3. IDE cables
Also included are two 80-conductor IDE cables. It's
very thoughtful of them to bundle these cables. Saves the user a lot
of hassle buying the cables himself. :D
4. User's Manual
The user's manual is quite complete and features a
lot of step-by-step instructions on how to setup up a RAID array. I
find the manual a great help which would appeal to most users.
Thumbs up here for good documentation, which was presented very
professionally too.
The installation of the card was extremely easy and
Windows 2000 didn't have any problem detecting the card and
installing the drivers from the setup disks. |
