hmm, that usually works. okay, try to install using aspiinst.exe . just click on it, and it should try to automatically detect and install. it doesn't always work, which is why i recommended the other way, but give it a shot.
if THAT doesn't work, you can install ASPI manually. it's abit long, but i'll walk you through it:
first you must expand the files. assuming we're still going by "C:\adaptec\aspi" for the files location, Run the command line program (cmd) as i described in my previous post, and navigate to the C:\adaptec\aspi directory. then type:
expand *.*_ ..
be sure you include both spaces (between "d" and "*", AND "_" and "."), or you'll get "can't open file" error. when it's done, it should expand the 8 compressed files in the folder, and send them to the C:\adaptec directory (one folder level up). you need to rename the newly expanded "wowpost.ex_" to "wowpost.exe", and "winaspi.dl_" to "winaspi.dll". you can then move them to their install locations in the C:\WINDOWS\System directory (NOT System32). as a point of reference, the other 2 files, wnaspi32.dll and aspi32.sys go in the "C:\WINDOWS\system32" and "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers" directories, respectively. this is all assuming 32-bit WinXP OS of course. not sure about other OSes.
run aspichk.exe again to check your status. the versions for wnaspi32.dll and aspi32.sys should be 4.71.2 and the versions for wowpost.exe and winaspi.dll should be 4.6 (1021).
let me know how it goes...
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