Have-Disk Installation Instructions for the Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility
A have-disk installation installs a driver that does not have an automatic setup program. The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility has a setup program, but the program prevents you from upgrading if the utility is already installed.
Use the have-disk installation method to install an updated version of the utility. Otherwise, use the setup program.
Have-disk installation instructions are available for the following operating systems:
- Windows Vista*
- Windows XP*
- Windows Server 2003*
- Windows 2000*
- Windows 2000 Server*
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server*
- Windows Millennium Edition* (Me)
- Windows 98 Second Edition* (SE)
- Windows 98*
- Windows 95*
Follow these steps to complete a have-disk install of the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility on Windows Vista:
- Extract the files from the installation package.
- Select Start > Control Panel.
- Click System and Maintenance.
- Click Device Manager.
- Click Continue.
- Click the + symbol in front of System Devices to expand the section.
- Right-click one of the system devices (such as the Processor to I/O Controller) and click Properties.
- Click the Driver tab.
- Click Update Driver.
- Click Browse my computer for driver software.
- Click Browse and navigate to the folder where you placed the extracted files.
- Click Next.
- Click Close after the installation completes.
- Reboot your system if requested.
Follow these steps to complete a have-disk install of the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility on Windows XP/Server 2003:
- Extract the files from the installation package.
- Select Start > Control Panel.
- Double-click the System icon. Note: Select Switch to classic view if the system icon is not visible.
- Click the Hardware tab.
- Click Device Manager.
- Click the + symbol in front of System Devices to expand the section.
- Right-click one of the system devices (such as the Processor to I/O Controller) and click Properties.
- Click the Driver tab.
- Click Update Driver.
- Click No, not this time and click Next.
- Click Install from a list or specified location and click Next.
- Click Don't search. I will choose the driver to install and click Next.
- Click Have Disk....
- Click Browse and navigate to the folder where you placed the extracted files.
- Click OK.
- Click Next.
- Click Finish.
- Reboot your system if requested.
Windows 2000/Server/Advanced Server*
Follow these steps to complete a have-disk install of the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility on Windows 2000/Server/Advanced Server:
- Extract the files from the installation package.
- Select Start > Settings > Control Panel.
- Double-click the System icon.
- Click the Hardware tab.
- Click Device Manager.
- Click the + symbol in front of System Devices to expand the section.
- Right-click one of the system devices (such as the Processor to I/O Controller) and click Properties.
- Click the Driver tab.
- Click the Update Driver button.
- Click Next on the Welcome screen.
- Click Display a list of the known drivers... and click Next.
- Click Have Disk... and navigate to the folder where you placed the extracted files.
- Click OK.
- Click OK.
- Select your model from the list, and click Next.
- Answer the questions in the prompts that follow.
- Reboot your system if requested.
Follow these steps to complete a have-disk install of the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility on Windows Me/SE/98/95:
- Extract the files from the installation package.
- Select Start > Settings > Control Panel.
- Double-click the System icon.
- Click the Device Manager tab.
- Right-click one of the system devices (such as the Processor to I/O Controller) and click Properties.
- Click the Driver tab.
- Click Update Driver.
- Click Specify the location of the driver (Advanced) and click Next.
- Click Display a list of the known drivers... and click Next.
- Click Have Disk... and navigate to the folder where you placed the extracted files.
- Click OK
- Click OK.
- Select your model from the list and click Next.
- Answer the questions in the prompts that follow.
- Reboot your system if requested.
Using the EXE File
To extract the files using the EXE (for example, infinst_exe), run the file from a command prompt with the following installation switches:
-a -a -p<path where you want the files placed>
Note | Make sure there is not a space between -p and the directory name. Example: infinst.exe -a -a -pc:\myfolder\inf |
Using the ZIP file
To extract the files using the ZIP (for example, infinst_zip), extract the files to your hard drive and run the setup.exe file from a command prompt with the following installation switches:
-a -p<path where you want the files placed>
Note | Make sure there is not a space between -p and the directory name. Example: infinst.zip -a -pc:\myfolder\inf |
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Do I need to upgrade to the latest version? |