Installing a Single ATA (IDE) Hard
Drive with DOS or Windows.
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Please read this document thoroughly! These instructions were designed to help you install the
hard drive in the simplest manner and with the fewest steps. They will apply to most PC
systems, but certainly not all. For detailed instructions on your particular computer or
DOS, please refer to the appropriate manuals.
If your system does not support LBA
(logical block addressing) and the drive being installed is more than 504 (528) Mbytes,
you will need a copy of either DiscWizard or Disk Manager to access the full capacity of
the drive.
- If you are replacing an
existing drive, BACK UP YOUR DATA!
- Locate your DOS or Windows 95 installation diskettes.
- Set the jumpers on the
drive to the Single drive (C:) setting. This is the default jumper setting from the
factory on Seagate and Conner drives, but you should check it.
- Power off the computer.
Please follow all appropriate electrical precautions listed in the system manual.
- Following the
manufacturer's instructions, open the computer case.
- Electro-Static Discharge
(ESD) is quite hazardous to certain computer components, such as motherboards. Bearing
that in mind, you should ground yourself to the case of the machine. If you do not have a
wrist strap, repeatedly touching the case each time you touch a part of the computer will
safely discharge any static electricity.
- Physically install the
drive following the instructions provided with the computer or drive. Use EXTREME care
when selecting and inserting mounting screws. Damage to the printed circuit board is
possible if screws are inserted too far into the side mounting holes of some drives. Check
hard drive documentation for requirements.
- Connect a power cable
from the power supply to the drive. (With the exception of some older drives, this will
generally be a 4-pin power cable.)
- Connect the ATA 40-pin
ribbon cable from the ATA controller card or motherboard's primary ATA port to the drive.
Make sure the colored strip of the cable (indicating pin 1) is inserted toward pin 1 of
the host adapter port and toward the large 4-pin power connector on the hard drive.
- If the computer has a
CD-ROM drive installed on the primary port, temporarily disconnect its ribbon cable now.
This is purely preventative. Hard drive installation is our concern at this point.
- Double-check all the above steps.
- Insert the DOS or
Windows 95 system diskette. Power on the computer and follow the on-screen prompts or the
computer manual's instructions to enter the BIOS (also known as CMOS or SETUP).
- Allow the BIOS to "AUTO-DETECT" the drive. If the system returns the correct parameters, as given
in the drive manual, proceed. If the system returns values that don't match the drive's
parameters, but the drive's capacity is approximately correct, this is also acceptable. If
your BIOS does not have an AUTO-DETECT feature, set the drive type to the user definable
setting. Manually enter the parameters defined in the documentation. If the drive's
capacity is over 528 Mbytes, enable LBA mode. Save your changes and exit the BIOS.
- Boot the system from the DOS or Windows 95 system diskette.
If you are installing the
drive without Disk Manager, please proceed with step 15.
If you are using either
Disk Manager or DiscWizard, please proceed with step 21.
- Follow
the on-screen instructions. The installation diskettes will guide you through creating a
partition, formatting your drive, and properly installing the operating system.
- After the operating
system has been installed, remove the remaining diskette and reboot. Your system should
boot from the hard drive and be ready for use.
- If you disconnected a
CD-ROM drive in step 10, follow the instructions provided with the CD-ROM drive to
reinstall it now. Make sure there is no power to the system while you are reconnecting the
drive.
Note: If you installed the operating system (OS) from scratch (as in the
above instructions), you will need to reinstall the CD-ROM software. If the OS was
reinstalled from a backup, you may only need to reconnect the CD-ROM drive and reboot the
system.
- Power on the computer
and ensure everything is working properly.
- If everything seems OK,
power off the computer and follow the manufacturer's instructions to close the computer
case.
- Proceed to step 25.
- If
you are using either Disk Manager or DiscWizard diskettes, Disk Manager will be on the
diskette. Exit the OS installation program to an A: prompt.
- Remove the OS
installation diskette and insert the Disk Manager or DiscWizard diskette. Type DM
to start Disk Manager.
- Select "Easy Disk
Installation" and follow the instructions from Disk Manager to install (partition and
format) the drive.
- When the drive is
finished installing, exit Disk Manager. Remove the diskette and reboot the system from the
hard drive.
- If
you backed up an existing drive in Step 1, reinstall your backup software and restore your
system
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