User manual HITACHI DESKSTAR 37GP DETAILED INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] IBM Deskstar 3. 5 inch ATA/IDE hard disk drive Installation and reference manual Technical support Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions sections are provided in the Appendix of this manual to aid you in the installation of your IBM Deskstar. If the answer to your installation question is not found in this manual, call technical support. Before calling, please gather as much of the following information as possible: · · · · · · · · · · · IBM drive model number, part number, and serial number Operating system BIOS manufacturer, version, and date Any error codes and when they occurred System type and manufacturer Motherboard manufacturer Chipset manufacturer Adapter card manufacturer Other devices in systems Bus/cable layout (location of device, which device is at the end) Applications used (if relevant) In North America Web www. ibm. com/harddrive Voice 888. IBM. 5214 or 507. 286. 5825 Fax 507. 253. DRIVE e-mail drive@us. ibm. com In the United Kingdom Voice 44. 1475. 898. 125 e-mail drive@uk. ibm. com In Singapore Voice 65. 1800. 840. 9292 or 65. 840. 9292 e-mail drive@sg. ibm. com In Germany Voice 49. 7032. 153050 e-mail drive@de. ibm. com i ii IBM Deskstar 3. 5 inch ATA/IDE hard disk drive Installation and reference manual International Business Machines Corporation provides this publication "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Some states do not allow disclaimers of express or implied warranties in certain transactions. [. . . ] If you are using DOS, Windows 3. 1x, or an earlier version of Windows 95, select FAT16. · IBM DriveGuide tests the drive to see if EZ-BIOS is required. EZ-BIOS is required if your drive is larger than 8. 4GB and your system BIOS does not support large capacities. If you select "Do Not Install EZ-BIOS" your capacity will be limited to 8. 4GB. 33 · If you selected FAT32, the following screen is displayed. Click "Continue". · If you selected FAT16, the following screen is displayed. Click "Continue". Note: DOS, Windows 3. 1x, and early versions of Windows 95 only support FAT16. If you have one of these operating systems, you must create multiple partitions of 2. 1GB or less. 34 · Your partition selections are displayed. Select "Finish" to partition and format your hard drive. · · The message "DriveGuide will now partition and format the hard drive. IBM DriveGuide is now copying data to your drive. 35 · · · The message "Remove disk from floppy drive" is displayed. Set the Drive Type setting for Primary Slave to "None" or "Not Installed". If EZ-BIOS was installed and you are rebooting to a diskette, see the following important note. IMPORTANT: If EZ-BIOS was installed during IBM DriveGuide installation, you must allow EZBIOS to load in memory prior to booting to a floppy. If you do not perform the floppy boot process below your drive's capacity and partitions will be unavailable. EZ-BIOS: Hold the CTRL key down for Status Screen or to boot from floppy. . . Press the CTRL key. Insert the boot diskette and press A to boot from a floppy. 36 Add a new Master drive, install old Master as Slave and copy The following steps replace your existing Primary Master with your IBM Deskstar, install your existing drive as Primary Slave, and copy files from the Primary Slave to the Primary Master. · Discharge static electricity by touching an unpainted metal surface on your computer chassis with one hand. Remain in contact with the chassis and the bag for at least two seconds. · If replacing a cable with a 40 pin, 80 conductor ATA/IDE cable, remove it now. Configure the jumper settings · Remove the drive from its ESD bag. · Record the serial number, part number, and model number in the spaces provided in the Appendix for future reference. Note: Placement of model, part, and serial numbers may vary. 37 · · Leave the IBM Deskstar jumpers as set. You may need to remove the existing drive to change the jumpers. Note: The IBM Deskstar has an option jumper block located next to the interface connector. Setting these jumpers allows you to use the different options of the hard disk drive. See the "Jumpers" section of the Appendix for jumper setting descriptions. Attach the cables Note: With some system chassis, it may be more convenient to attach the cable after the drive is mounted. [. . . ] Master Master is used in the original ATA specification for the first addressed drive (Device 0) on an ATA/IDE channel. Novell Netware Netware is a Novell network operating system and file server platform. Parameters Parameters (also known as geometry) are the cylinder, head, and sector values for defining the capacity of a hard disk drive. Partition A partition is a portion of a hard drive allocated to a particular file system and accessed as a single logical volume or drive letter. [. . . ]