Western Digital AC2540 Computer Drive User Manual
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1. Jumper block If the drive you are installing is the master drive in a two drive system use this setting Cable Select CSEL option Infrequently used by some system manufacturers it requires a special cable Dual MERGI Jumper yp connector Factory storage placement In this position the jumper has no effect on hard drive operation If the drive you are installing is the only drive in your system use this setting shunt If the drive you are installing is the slave drive in a two drive system use this setting Dual s 6 PIN DRIVE Jumper block If the drive you are installing is the master drive in a two drive system use this setting Cable Select CSEL option Infrequently used by some system manufacturers it requires a special cable Dual EES Ta connector Factory storage placement In this position the jumper has no effect on hard drive operation Set the Drive J umpers Western Digital is currently shipping hard drives with two types of connectors Your hard drive may have either a 6 pin or a 10 pin connector The first 6 pins on each of the jumper blocks are identical T he additional four pins on the 10 pin connector are reserved for future enhancements The Western Digital hard drive is factory set for single drive installation with ajumpe2. If the existing hard drive has multiple partitions and O ntrack Disk M anager installed EZ D rive will not install Use Ontrack Disk M anager to set up the new hard drive z Western Z Digital Q Can l install Windows NT 3 5x OS 2 2 1x or 0S 2 Warp on my drive that originally was installed with EZ Drive A Yes but you must disable floppy boot protection before installing EZ D rive See EZ D rive help files for details Q I ve read the entire Troubleshooting section and still cannot correctly install my drive A If none of the solutionsin this section solve your problem there are other options available 1 Read the READ M E CAV text file on the EZ D rive or Ontrack Disk M anager disk for additional troubleshooting information 2 Check Western Digital online services for amore comprehensive list of frequently asked questions 3 Contact your dealer or 4 H ave the EZ D rive disk available and contact Western D igital Technical Support TECHNICAL SUPPORT North America only Outside N orth America 714 932 5000 Europe 431 20 4467651 If you need additional information or help during installation or normal use of our products contact Western D igital Technical Support O ur customer support staff will answer your installation questions by phone When calling for support please have your Western Digital hard drive serial number and system hardware versions available 714 932 4900 or 800 832 4778 BULLETIN BOARD SERVIC
3. If you dont have either options you need to upgrade the BIOS or install EZ D rive See Troubleshooting for alist of BIO S sources and phone numbers 79 850078 001 S0210 9 97 Partitioning and Formatting Your Western D igital hard drive has been low level formatted at the factory T he hard drive is ready to set up and is defect free You must partition and high level format the hard drive so it can accept files T here are two ways to format and partition the hard drive 1 U the EZ D rive software that you received with the hard drive 2 UsetheD OS utilities FDISK and FORMAT Werecommend using EZ Drive It isa safe fast and an easy way to partition and format the hard drive See the section Using EZ D rive Software for instructions For instructions on using FDISK and FORM AT see your DOS user manual Note DOS hasa 2 1 GB partition limit If you havea 2 5 GB or larger hard drive you must create at leag two partitions to access the full capacity EZ Drive 8 x Softw are Overview EZ Drive 8 x software is included with the Western D igital hard drive to hdp you m Partition and format your new hard drive m Overcome the 528 MB barrier m Overcome the 2 1 GB barrie If you did not receive the EZ D rive software you can download it from our web site at www wdc com Partition and Format If your system supports the full capacity of the hard drive EZ D rive will only partition and format the hard drive It does not install
4. circuit board components H andle the hard drive by the sides only Avoid touching the circuit board components Do not drop the hard drive Werecommend that you do not unpack the hard drive until you are ready to install it Once your Western Digital hard driveis unpacked place the drive on its antistatic bag on a clean level work area Do not stack hard drives or stand the Western D igital hard drive on its edge Do not remove the tape seal or any labels from the drive the warranty will be void Open Your Computer 1 2 WwW Re Turn off your system Discharge static electricity by touching the metal chassis of the computer Unplug your computer Remove the computer s outside cover Consult your computer system manual for details Be sure to keep all screws and other parts together for reassembly move Existing Hard Drives If replacing an existing drive follow these instructions 1 Disconnect the power cable and interface cable 2 Remove screws and slide the hard drive out of the drive bay H andle the drive with care You might need this driveif you have difficulty installing the new drive Note D o not scratch the ddes of the hard drive thiswill void your warranty z Western Z Digital If the drive you are installing is the only drive in your system use this setting If the drive you are installing is the slave drive in a two drive system use this setting
5. code on your boot sector 528 MB Barrier M ost computer systems built before August 1994 do not support hard drives larger than 528 M B unlessthe BIOS is updated or third party software such as EZ D rive is installed 2 1 GB Barrier Some computer systems built before early 1996 do not support hard drives with more than 4095 cylinders hard drives larger than 2 1 GB unless the BIO S is updated or third party software such as EZ D rive is installed EZ D rive H elp Files To access EZ D rive hdp files on the installation disk select Installation H elp from the EZ D rive main menu Western Z Digital Compatibility You can use EZ D rive software with DOS 5 0 and above Windows 3 1x Windows for Workgroups Windows 95 WindowsNT OS 2 2 1x and O S 2 Warp You cannot use EZ D rive with N oval NetWare or Unix Data Compression Software EZ D rive is compatible with Stacker D rivespace and D oublespace disk compression utilities O ther data compression software may not be compatible Always back up your data before using any data compression software H ard Disk D evice D rivers Products that use their own hard disk device drivers such as third party disk controllers may not be compatible with EZ D rive Memory M anagers EZ D rive is fully compatible with the standard memory managers that come with D OS and Windows H owever EZ D rive loads in conventional memory and may not be compatible with some third party memory manager
6. future if you move this drive to another system you must put the jumper back to the standard position 2 Ra umper the drive as shown in Figure 4 on page 6 and install EZ Drive If you use the alternate jumper settings you must install EZ D rive N ote T hese special jumper stings WILL NOT work for O S 2 Warp N oval N Ware or Unix OR 3 U pgrade your BIOS A properly upgraded BIOS will support the drive Contact your system manufacturer See page 3 for alist of common systen ae and page 7 for BIOS sources and their phone numbers z Western Z Digital UNINSTALLING EZ DRIVE This option removes EZ D rive and returns control of the drive to your systen BIOS Note Beoreuningalling EZ D rive makesurethat you have properly configured the BIO S to recognize the full drive capacity 1 Insert the EZ D rive disk into drive A 2 From theA prompt type ez and press ENTER 3 From the EZ D rive M ain M enu select O ther O ptions From the Installation O ptions screen select C hange Installed Features 4 Select the drive you want to change 5 From the Change Installed Features screen select Controlled by EZ Drive Press ENTER to toggle the selection to Disabled 6 From the Change Installed Features screen select Save C hanges 7 Press ESC to return to the Installation O ptions screen and select Uninstall EZ D rive 8 A warning message displays Type Y to remove EZ D rive EZ Driveis now uninstalled and the BIO
7. will not install code on your boot sector 1 After you complete CM OS setup insert a bootable D O S or Windows 95 startup disk in drive A 2 Press CTRL ALT DEL to reboot your system 3 Insert the EZ D rive disk in drive A At the A prompt type ez and press ENTER 4 TheM icro H ouse EZ D rive license agreement displays Press ENTER to start the installation CAUTION Installing EZ D rive on any drive that contains software and data will result in the erasure of all software and data on that drive 5 At the EZ D rive M ain M enu select Fully Automatic Installation Press ENTER Follow the instructions onscreen 79 850078 001 S0210 9 97 6 After EZ D rive detects the drive the following message displays if your systen does not support the full capacity of your hard drive EZ D rive must control this drive to access the full capacity Press to continue installation 7 EZ D rive formats the drive now Follow the instructions onscreen and when prompted insert aD OS disk 8 EZ D rive has successfully set up your hard drive Remove any disk from the floppy drive and press Esc to exit and restart the system Your hard drive is now partitioned and formatted Installing an Operating System from Disk If you installed EZ D rive on the hard drive you must follow the steps below to install DOS 5 0 and above Windows 3 1x Windows for Workgroups Windows 95 Windows N T O S 2 2 1x and O S 2 Warp from disk If you di
8. 001 S0210 9 97 Frequently Asked Questions A short list follows with common questions along and solutions Q I get the message HDD Controller Failure after installing my Western Digital hard drive A Thiscommon message may appear when you first boot the system after installing the hard drive Press F1 to continue If the message continues to display retrace the steps outlined for CMOS setup cabling and jumper configuration M ake sure to follow the installation instructions correctly T hen follow the instructions for using EZ D rive or FDISK and FORM AT to install the operating system Q Do need to run FDISK and FORMAT A Not if you installed EZ D rive software Q Whatis a megabyte A Hard drive suppliers define a decimal megabyte as 1 000 000 bytes 10 Alternatively a binary megabyte is defined as 1 048 576 2 Thisis why different utilities will display different numbers of megabytes available for the same drive T he valuesin Table 1 use the following megabyte definitions Capacity M _egabytes CMOS MB binary megabytes CHKDSK MB decimal megabytes Q Do I have to do anything to my original hard drive when adding yours to it A Yes one hard drive must be designated as a master and the other as a slave We recommend that you designate the new drive as your master For non Western Digital hard drives consult your original hard drive documentation for master slave jumper settings See Non Wes
9. 62 byte batch file consumes 32 KB of storage space A typical mix of application and data files can include thousands of files If each file contains a few kilobytes of wasted space this can add up to several megabytes of wasted space T he only way to reduce the cluster size is to reduce the partition size T he breakdown for DOS 5 0 and above follows FDISK Partition Size Cluster Size 0 127MB 2 KB 128 255 MB 4 KB 256 511 MB 8 KB 512 1023 MB 16 KB 1024 2047 MB 32 KB FDISK reports binary megabytes 1 048 576 bytes not decimal megabytes 1 000 000 bytes All numbers above are shown in binary megabytes N ote T he maximum partition that can be created in DOS is2048 MB Q Will my drive work with Windows 95 A Yes Your drive has been thoroughly tested in the Western D igital FIT Lab and is compatible with Windows 95 Q have a 2 5 GB or larger drive Can I create one partition only A No DOS hasa2 1 GB partition limitation You must have at least two partitions to access the full capacity of your drive Q What will happen if install EZ Drive on a hard drive that has Ontrack Disk Manager A EZ Driveand Ontrack Disk M anager cannot coexist in the same system If the existing hard drive has only one partition and Ontrack Disk M anager already installed EZ D rive converts the O ntrack Disk M anager partition to an EZ Drive partition Back up your hard drive before installing EZ D rive
10. AST 817 232 9824 Compaq 713 518 2000 Dell 512 338 4400 Digital 603 884 5111 Gateway 2000 605 232 2000 HP 208 323 2551 IBM 800 IBM 4YOU NEC 415 528 6000 Packard Bell 801 579 0161 79 850078 001 S0210 9 97 Install Your New Hard Drive 1 2 3 N T hread the cable through the empty drive bay and side in the Western D igital hard drive Attach the end of the 40 pin interface cable to the 40 pin connector on the back of the Western Digital hard drive M atch pin socket 1 on theIDE cable indicated by a color stripe on the cable to pin 1 on the Western Digital hard drive See Figure 3 Attach the computer system power supply cable to the 4 pin power connector on the back of the Western Digital hard drive T he 4 pin connector is keyed to ensure proper insertion Figure3 Attaching IDE Cableto the H ard Drive Single Installations Attach the end of the 40 pin IDE cable from the Western Digital hard drive to the ID E connector on the motherboard or controller card M atch pin socket 1 on the IDE cable indicated by a color stripe on the cable to pin 1 on the motherboard or controller card Dual Installations C onnect the two hard drives by usinga three connector ID E interface cable A three connector IDE interface cable is included in this package M atch the orientation of pin socket 1 on the 40 pin three connector IDE cable to pin 1 on the drive connector See Figure 3 Tips m Install single drives at t
11. E BBS 24 HOUR North America only 714 753 1234 Germany 49 89 922006 60 U K 44 1372 360387 You may access the Technical Support Bulletin Board if you have a H ayes compatible modem with a 2 400 to 28 800 baud rate T he required format is 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity DOCUFAX 24 HOUR North America only 714 932 4300 Europe 31 20 4467650 U se the automated FAX system to have product information sent directly to your FAX machine RELATED DOCUMENTS To obtain these reference documents call Western D igital at 714 932 5000 or download then from the Western D igital web site m BIOS Barriers Information Sheet 79 880099 000 m TheFAT Dilemma Information Sheet 79 880098 000 WD Caviar 1 2 GB to 4 0 GB Installation Guide 79 870027 002 EZ Drive Quick Installation 79 850080 000 Western Digital Quick Installation AC 280 AC 1425 79 850079 000 ONLINE SERVICES Online services include general product and contact information installation guides downloadable drivers and frequently asked questions Internet www wdc com FTP Site ftp wdc com America Online Keyword WDC Western Digital 8105 Irvine Center Drive Irvine California 92618 Western Digital and Caviar are registered trademarks and CacheFlow FIT Lab and The World s M ost Recommended Hard Drive are trademarks of Western Digital Corporation Other marks that belong to other companies may be mentioned herein Product specifications subj
12. S controls this drive Non Western Digital Drives If installing the new Western Digital hard drive with a non Western Digital hard drive you may have to contact the other manufacturer for master slave jumper configuration information Note Driveson the secondary DE port conform to the same requirements for master dave configuration asthe primary ID E port IBM 800 IBM 4YOU M axtor 408 432 1700 Quantum 408 894 4000 Seagate C onner 408 438 8222 General T his section lists procedures to help resolve problems that you may encounter when installing the Western Digital hard drive m Refer to your system documentation to be sure that you followed the setup procedures correctly M ake sure that you partitioned and formatted the EIDE drive and any additional drive with the EZ D rive or other installation software or DOS FDISK and FORMAT utilities If you are making this drive bootable remember to specify the S parameter Refer to your operating system documentation to check these procedures f using DOS 3 3 and above be certain to make one partition active during formatting m Check the physical installation of your system to make sure that Jumper selections on the drive are correct for your installation Cables are correctly connected and seated Adapter card if required is properly seated connected and con figured Power is properly connected to your system and the system is plugged in 79 850078
13. Western D igital Quick Installation AC 2540 AC 34000 WD Caviar Series 3 5 Inch EIDE Hard Drives EZ Drive 8 0W DRIVE AC2540 AC2635 AC2700 AC2850 AC21000 AC31000 AC11200 AC21200 AC31200 AC21600 Capacity M B 540 8 639 9 730 8 853 6 1083 8 1083 8 1281 9 1281 9 1281 9 1624 6 DRIVE AC31600 AC22000 AC32100 AC32100 AC22500 AC32500 AC33100 AC33200 AC34000 Capacity M B 1624 6 2000 3 2111 8 2111 8 2559 8 2559 8 3166 7 3249 3 4000 7 This document is for use with EZ Drive 8 0 or below Check the version number on the EZ Drive diskette If you have version 9 0W or above refer to Docu ment 79 850086 000 S0225 8 97 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Before you begin gather these supplies Computer sytem manual DOS and other operating system installation disks or W indows 95 startup disk O perating sytem manual Small Phillips screwdriver and flat blade screwdriver Create a Bootable DOS Disk For Windows 3 1x and D OS users you must have a bootable D O S disk to install your new hard drive Disk 1 of your standard DOS installation disks is a bootable disk If you dont have DOS installation disks you can create a bootable disk if you havea bootable C drive 1 Insert a blank disk into drive A 2 Type format a s and press ENTER Create a Windows 95 Startup Disk For Windows 95 users you must have a bootable operating disk before you install the new hard drive If you dont have a Windows 95 S
14. Y Jumper pins A Jumper added eanneeaE Power supply dumper connector shunt Figure 4 Jumper Settings for 2 5 GB or Larger Hard Drives U sed to overcome the BIOS limitations described in this section Note Usethesejumper settings only if you encounter the specific BIOS limitation described in this section When using thesejumper settings you MUST indall EZ Drive 1 Turn your system power off check the IDE interface and power supply cables 2 Check jumper settings 3 Turn on your system power 4 Try to enter your CM OS setup and set the drive type to auto If your system still doesn t respond you may have a system BIOS that doesnt support drives with more than 4095 cylinders If thisis the case these solutions are available 1 US EZ Drive If the system locks up before you can enter CM OS you may need to turn off your system power and disconnect the ID E cable from the system to access your CM OS setup Enter your CM OS setup Refer to your systen manual for instructions m Sdect theH ard Disk Type option for the new Western D igital hard drive Select a user defined drive type and enter 1023x16x63 m Reconnect the IDE cable to the system 79 850078 001 S0210 9 97 T he new settings allow your system to boot so that you can install EZ D rive to access the full drive capacity OR If you dont have a user defined drive type follow step 2 or 3 below to change the parameters reported to the BIOS In the
15. d not install EZ D rive or used it only to partition and format your hard drive see your D O S manual for installation instructions Caution If you do not install DOS exactly as described below the DOS setup routine reformats the hard drive to less than the full capacity 1 Remove any disk from the floppy drive 2 Press CTRL ALT DEL to reboot the system T he following message displays if EZ D rive is installed on your hard drive EZ Drive Initializing EZ Drive Hold the cTRL key down for Status Screen or to boot from a floppy 3 Press and hold down thecTRL key A status screen displays 4 Read the screen prompt and type A Insert the D OS installation disk 1 into drive A PressENTER Follow the prompts to complete installation ul USING THE DRIVE It is extremely important to regularly back up the data on your hard drive In the event of data damage or loss a backup ensures successful recovery Consult your operating system documentation for backup instructions and procedures TROUBLESHOOTING 2 5 GB or Larger Hard Drives If you install a 2 5 GB or larger hard drive and your system locks up on initial boot read the instructions in this section The 2 5 GB or larger hard drives have more than 4095 cylinders With some systems the BIOS CANNOT properly recognize hard drives that have more than 4095 cylinders You know if your sytem BIOS has this limitation after installing the drive On the initia
16. down after a few seconds A Ensure that WwW OV 1 Your power connector is secure and working properly 2 Theorientation of pin socket 1 on the 40 pin IDE cable matches pin 1 on the connector 3 The drive typein your CM OS setup is correct Q I don t see the full capacity of my hard drive when installing DOS A Two issues affect the installation of your hard drive 1 some systems do not properly recognize hard drives that have more than 4095 cylinders drives larger than 2 1 GB 2 most system BIOS dated before 1994 don t recognize drives greater than 528 MB To overcome this limitation either install EZ D rive or upgrade your system BIO S T he following list provides the phone numbers for common BIOS sources BIOS Sources M icro Firmware Phoenix BIOS only 405 321 8333 Phoenix 617 551 4000 Unicore 508 686 6468 If you installed EZ D rive and then incorrectly booted to your DOS installation disks you may have accidentally used D O S to overwrite your EZ D rive partitions You need to use FDISK to dadete all partitions and then re install EZ D rive Be sure to follow the instructions outlined in the section Installing an O perating Sytem from Disk on page 5 Q The reported capacity of my hard drive is MUCH smaller than Table 1 shows it should be A Your system BIOS improperly handles hard drives that report greater than 1024 cylinders U se the supplied installation software to get the full capacity of
17. ect to change without notice 1997 Western Digital Corporation All rights reserved 79 850078 001 S0210 9 97 z Western Z Digital
18. he end of the 40 pin IDE cable The 40 pin ID E cable should be no longer than 18 inches m The master slave is determined by jumper configuration not by the order of the drive on the cable Mount the Western Digital hard drivein the drive bay using the four mounting screws provided For proper grounding be sure to use ALL FOUR screws If an extra power connector is not available purchase a Y adapter from your computer dealer Check all cable connections Replace the system cover but dont screw it on yet If you cant get the new drive to work you may need to check the connections Plugin your computer See the Software nstallation section for hard drive setup instructions z Western Z Digital DRIVE AC2540 AC2635 AC2700 AC2850 AC21000 AC31000 AC11200 AC21200 AC31200 AC21600 Capacity M B 540 8 639 9 730 8 853 6 1083 8 1083 8 1281 9 1281 9 1281 9 1624 6 CM OS MB 515 610 696 814 1033 1033 1222 1222 1222 1549 CHKDSK MB 540 8 639 9 730 8 853 6 1083 8 1083 8 1281 9 1281 9 1281 9 1624 6 DRIVE AC31600 AC22000 AC22100 AC32100 AC22500 AC32500 AC33100 AC33200 AC34000 Capacity M B 1624 6 2000 3 2111 8 2111 8 2559 8 2559 8 3166 7 3249 3 4000 7 CM OS MB 1549 1907 2035 2035 2441 2441 3020 3098 3815 CHKDSK MB 1624 6 2000 3 2111 8 2111 8 2559 8 2559 8 3166 7 3249 3 4000 7 Tablel CMOS and CHKDSK M egabytes SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Before using the ne
19. l boot your system may lock up or show a much smaller drive capacity If your system locks up follow the instructions below If your system reports amuch smaller drive capacity follow the instructions outlined in the Software Installation section If your system does not respond locks up after two minutes follow these steps z Western Z Digital If the 2 5 GB or larger Western Digital drive you are installing is the only drive in your system set the jumpers in these positions If the 2 5 GB or larger Western Digital drive you are installing is the slave drive in a two drive system set the jumpers in these positions A 10 PIN DRIVE ua Slave Jumper block If the 2 5 GB or larger Western Digital drive you are installing is the master drive in a two drive system set the jumpers in these positions Master If the 2 5 GB or larger Western Digital drive you are installing is the only drive in your system set the jumpers in these positions Power supply Jumper connector shunt If the 2 5 GB or larger Western Digital drive you are installing is the slave drive in a two drive system set the jumpers in these positions 6 PIN DRIVE Jumper block ES If the 2 5 GB or larger Western Digital drive you are installing is the master drive in a two drive system set the jumpers in these positions Dual Ma ster KE
20. ock Note Themaser dave sting is determined by thejumper configura tion not by the order of the drive on the ID E cable E Western Z Digital Mounting Hardware Inspect the bay to see whether it isa 3 5 inch or 5 25 inch bay The Western Digital hard drive fits into a 3 5 inch bay If installing the Western Digital hard drivein a 5 25 inch bay you must install the 5 25 inch mounting hardware that is provided You might also need to install the system manufacturer s drive rails Consult your operating system manual for installation into a 3 5 inch bay Installing the 5 25 Mounting Hardware T his step is not required for hard drive installations into a 3 5 inch drive bay 1 Gently place the hard drive horizontally circuit board sde down on top of the ESD bag placed on a flat padded surface 2 Attach the mounting brackets to the hard drive using the screws provided For proper grounding be sure to use ALL FOUR Screws Figure2 5 25 inch M ounting H ardware Drive Rails Optional Some computer systems have 5 25 inch drive bays that require unique sliding drive rails to complete the hard drive installation Because each systen manufacturer has a different type of drive rail rails are not included with Western Digital hard drives If your sytem requires drive rails contact the computer system manufacturer T he following list provides phone numbers for common systen manufacturers System M anufacturers
21. r in the neutral storage position across pins 5 3 For standard jumper settings see Figure 1 on page 2 Single Hard Drive Installation If installing the Western Digital hard drive as the only hard drive in your system leave the jumper in the neutral storage position for possible future use Jumpers are not required for single hard drive installations Dual Hard Drive Installation If installing the Western Digital hard drive with an existing drive you must use a jumper to designate which drive isthe master C 79 850078 001 S0210 9 97 Jumper connector shunt KEY Jumper pins H Jumper added Figure 1 Jumper Settings for Western D igital Hard D rives and which is the slave D We recommend using the new Western Digital hard drive as the master If installing the Western Digital hard drive with anon Western Digital hard drive obtain jumper configuration information from your original drive manufacturer Refer to the Troubleshooting section for the phone numbers of non Western D igital hard drive manufacturers m To designate the Western Digital hard drive as the master drivein a two drive sytem place the jumper on pins 5 6 m To designate the Western Digital hard drive as the dave driveina two drive system place the jumper on pins 3 4 To Install a J umper Carefully place the shunt over the two pins specified in Figure 1 Push the shunt into place until it is firmly seated against the base of the jumper bl
22. s Ontrack D isk M anager and EZ D rive Ontrack Disk M anager and EZ Drive cannot co exist in the same system If your existing drive has Ontrack Disk M anager installed and multiple partitions you cannot install EZ D rive We recommend using Ontrack D isk M anager to set up the new hard drive If your existing drive has Ontrack Disk M anager installed and only one partition you can either use EZ D rive to convert the O ntrack Disk M anager partition or use O ntrack Disk M anager to set up the new drive During installation EZ D rive detects O ntrack D isk M anager and prompts you to convert the partition to an EZ D rive partition If you do EZ D rive converts the O ntrack Disk M anager partition to an EZ D rive partition Even though EZ D rive can convert your Ontrack D isk M anager partition to an EZ D rive partition without data loss Western D igital recommends that you back up your data before selecting this option Note EZ Drivecan convert sngleOntrack Disk M anager partitions only It cannot convert multiple Ontrack Disk M anager Partitions Using EZ Drive Software Follow these instructions to partition and format your new hard drive If your system does not support the full capacity of the hard drive EZ D rive installs special code in the boot sector of the hard drive to overcome your BIOS limitations If your system does support the full capacity of your hard drive EZ Drive will only partition and format your hard drive It
23. tartup disk you can create one if you have a bootable C drive 1 Insert a blank disk into drive A 2 From Windows 95 click My Computer and then click Control Panel 3 Click Add Remove Programs 4 Select the Startup Disk tab 5 Click Create D isk Follow the onscreen prompts to create a Windows 95 startup disk Back Up Existing Drives Back up the data on your existing hard drive before installing your new Western D igital hard drive Save the data to floppy disks tape or other media M ost D O S versions include a backup utility Consult your operating system or utilities documentation for backup procedures 79 850078 001 S0210 9 97 Ha ndling Precautions Western D igital products are designed to withstand normal handling du ring unpacking and installation H ard drives are typically damaged because of electrostatic discharge ESD rough handling or shock and vibration Be aware of the following precautions when un packing and installing your Western Digital hard drive Save your packing materials for the unlikely event that you need to return the hard drive Shipping your hard drive in anything other than the original packaging materials may void your warranty To avoid ESD problems ground yourself by touching the metal chassis of the computer before handling the hard drive Articles of clothing generate static electricity Do not allow clothing to come in direct contact with the hard drive or
24. tern D igital D rives on this page If the original hard drive uses disk compression software consult the disk compression documentation before adding another drive Q What should I check if my system will not start after I turn on the power A Ensure that 1 TheIDE controller card if installed is properly seated and connected 2 The connections at both ends of the hard drive cable are secure and correctly oriented 3 Thejumper selections on your hard drive s are set correctly for your installation 4 The drive is connected to the computer power supply via the 4 pin power connector Q used FDISK and FORMAT to set up my new hard drive Now can t boot DOS from my newly installed hard drive or access the hard drive after I ve completed the software installation A Check the system to make sure 1 You entered the correct hard drive parameters during the system setup procedure z Western Z Digital N Some CM OS Setup utilities might have a boot sequence option If yours does verify that the boot sequenceis A then C Not all CM OS setup utilities have this option You correctly partitioned via the operating system FDISK utility and formatted via the operating system FORM AT utility your newly installed hard drive You made your primary drive bootable formatted with S option During theFDISK procedure you marked your bootable partition active Q My drive will not spin up or it spins
25. w hard drive you need to configure your system BIOS CMOS Setup program and partition and format the hard drive CMOS Setup T he computer system provides an initial setup utility C M O S Setup that allows you to tell the system what type of hardware you are using You access CM O S Setup with a series of keystrokes or run it from a disk or CD ROM CMOS setup procedures vary from system to system Follow the setup instructionsin your computer system manual To configure your system for LBA mode 1 Enter your CMOS Setup program sometimes called the Setup program Refer to your system manual for instructions Important If you are installing the 2 5 GB or larger drive and are not able to acces your CM OS Setup refer to the 2 5 GB or Large Hard D rives section on page 5 2 Select an auto config drive type T he full capacity of your drive should display See Table 1 for the full capacity of your drive in CMOS Tips m f your CMOS setup does not have an auto config drive type try selecting Type 01 Then install EZ D rive m If your system does not have auto config or Type 01 drive types try use defined and enter 1023x16x63 for the drive parameters T hen install EZ D rive N ote Western Digital deinesa decimal megabyte as 1 Oat 10 bytes CM OS definesa binary megabyte as 1 048 576 2 bytes Thisiswhy different utilities report different hard ae capacities 3 Enable options such as LBA or Translation M ode
26. your drive Q How much memory does EZ Drive use A 5KB Q How can get 32 bit disk access in Windows A Usethe 32 bit disk access driver included on the software installation disk Install the driver by running the EZ D rive s SETUP EXE program or use the D M CFIG program if you have Ontrack Disk M anager 79 850078 001 S0210 9 97 Q am installing a new Western Digital drive onto a second IDE controller card secondary port How do jumper it A Refer to the standard jumper options shown in Figure 1 If it s the only drive on the cable jumper it as single If the drive is paired with another IDE device jumper it as master or slave Q Should I partition my hard drive Caution Repartitioning an existing drive destroys all the data If repartitioning an existing drive be sure to create a backup first If your hard driveis 2 5 GB or larger you must create multiple partitions Western Digital does not have a recommendation for the optimal number of partitions T he following information will help you make the decision EZ Drive and FDISK utilities allow you to divide your drive into multiple partitions that function as separate drives In DOS every file that is stored gets at least one allocation unit cluster regardless of the file size T he size of the cluster increases with the size of the partition For example if you havea 1024 M B partition the cluster size is 32 KB T his means that even a
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