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Deskstar Enhanced IDE
(ATA-3) Hard Disk Drive
User's Guide
OPTIONS
by IBM
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Note: If you are using this product in the United States, Canada, or Puerto Rico, be sure to read the Deskstar Enhanced IDE (ATA-3) Hard Disk Drive User's Guide Supplement for warranty information and jumper setting information for your hard disk drive. Also, refer to Appendix C, “Notices” on page 3-14 for Notice information. For all other countries, the warranty terms and conditions applicable in the country of purchase are available from IBM or your reseller. First Edition (September 1997) The
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Contents Safety: Read First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v About This Book ........................ vi Part 1: Quick Installation Guide ................................................ 1-1 Part 2: Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Step 4. Preparing the Drive for a 5.25-inch Bay ........ 2-9 Step 5. Mounting the Drive in
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Part 3: Appendixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Appendix A. Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Appendix B. Help and Service Information ........ 3-11 Step 1. Preparing for the Call ................ 3-11 Step 2. Placing the Call to IBM ............... 3-11 Computer and BIOS Manufacturers ............. 3-12 Hard Disk Drive Manufacturers ............... 3-13 Appendix C. Notices . . . . . . . . .
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Safety: Read First CAUTION: Read the Safety Information in Appendix A, page 3-1, before installing this product. DO NOT print this page— replace with World Wide 'Read First' translations. v
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The installer of the drive will have to complete the following steps: About This Book Set the jumper setting on the drive (and possibly make changes to installed drives) This book contains instructions for installing, setting up, and using your Deskstar Hard Disk Drive. The manual is divided into the Physically install the drive in a 3.5" or 5.5" drive bay following parts: Configure the system Part 1: Abbreviated installation instructions Partition and format the drive Part 2: Product descriptio
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Part 1: Quick Installation Guide Part 1 contains the Deskstar Hard Disk Drive installation instructions Step 1. Opening the Computer in abbreviated form. If you are familiar with IDE products and experienced in installing options, use these instructions to quickly 1. Turn off all attached devices. install your IDE drive. For a description of the hard disk drive and 2. Turn off the computer. more detailed information about how to install and use the drive, see 3. Unplug the power cords for the co
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Some systems use special ATA cables with two wires reversed in the Step 3. Setting the Configuration Jumpers device connectors to allow the drives to be ordered by the cable rather than the jumper configuration. The Cable Select configuration is only Your drive has four configuration positions that determine the data to be used for systems equipped with these special cables. See the transmission priority. The positions are: documentation that comes with your computer to determine if your ATA ada
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Connect an available dc power-cable connector to the four-pin dc Step 4. Installing the Drive in the Drive Bay power connector on the drive. The cable connector is keyed and fits only one way. Be sure that the cables will not be pinched or crowded Mount the hard disk drive in the drive bay using the four mounting by the computer cover and that all other cable and power connections screws provided with the drive. For proper grounding be sure to use are secure. all four screws. Step 6. Closing the
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The largest partition size that you can create under the DOS, Windows Determining What to Do Next 95, Windows 3.x, and OS/2 operating systems that use 16-bit file 1 After you complete the hardware installation, you must partition and allocation table (FAT) conventions is approximately 2.14 GB. When format your new drive before you can use it. you are installing a drive larger than 2.14 GB, you must create more than one partition to use the full capacity of your drive. If the drive you are instal
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Disk Manager will display the number and types of drives If the configuration-setup program reports the size of your new found on your system and ask you if the list is correct. drive as what you expected, see “Using Your Operating System Follow the onscreen prompts. for Partitioning” to partition and format your drive. 5. Disk Manager will then display the drive capacity partitions If your computer seems to lockup, hang, or does not restart selected for your system and ask if you wish to contin
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3. Based on your configuration, at least one of the following options Correcting BIOS Limitations and Partitioning Using (listed in order of preference) is available. Do one of the Disk Manager following: Your BIOS might contain limitations that can cause operational a. Select the Auto Detect configuration-setup option if it is failures when you install one of the new and larger hard disk drives. available. See the documentation that comes with your IBM computer to install your hard disk drive,
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Partitioning and Formatting Using Disk Manager The Disk Manager software contains programs that can partition, format, and prepare your drive for the installation of an operating system. The following procedure prepares your drive for use in both IBM and Non-IBM computers. 1. Turn off the computer. 2. Insert the Disk Manager diskette and restart the computer. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. 4. When the Disk Manager main menu displays, select View/Print Online Manual and press Enter to
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Quick Installation (German) Step 1. Opening the Computer Part 1 contains the Deskstar Hard Disk Drive installation instructions 1. Turn off all attached devices. 2. Turn off the computer. in abbreviated form. If you are familiar with IDE products and experienced in installing options, use these instructions to quickly 3. Unplug the power cords for the computer and all attached install your IDE drive. devices. 4. Open the computer. Caution: Read the Safety Information in For specific information
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Some systems use special ATA cables with two wires reversed in the Step 3. Setting the Configuration Jumpers device connectors to allow the drives to be ordered by the cable rather than the jumper configuration. The Cable Select configuration is only Your drive has four configuration positions that determine the data to be used for systems equipped with these special cables. See the transmission priority. The positions are: documentation that comes with your computer to determine if your ATA ada
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Connect an available dc power-cable connector to the four-pin dc Step 4. Installing the Drive in the Drive Bay power connector on the drive. The cable connector is keyed and fits only one way. Be sure that the cables will not be pinched or crowded Mount the hard disk drive in the drive bay using the four mounting by the computer cover and that all other cable and power connections screws provided with the drive. For proper grounding be sure to use are secure. all four screws. Step 6. Closing the
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The largest partition size that you can create under the DOS, Windows Determining What to Do Next 95, Windows 3.x, and OS/2 operating systems that use 16-bit file 3 After you complete the hardware installation, you must partition and allocation table (FAT) conventions is approximately 2.14 GB. When format your new drive before you can use it. you are installing a drive larger than 2.14 GB, you must create more than one partition to use the full capacity of your drive. If the drive you are instal
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Disk Manager will display the number and types of drives If the configuration-setup program reports the size of your new found on your system and ask you if the list is correct. drive as what you expected, see “Using Your Operating System Follow the onscreen prompts. for Partitioning” to partition and format your drive. 5. Disk Manager will then display the drive capacity partitions If your computer seems to lockup, hang, or does not restart selected for your system and ask if you wish to contin
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3. Based on your configuration, at least one of the following options Correcting BIOS Limitations and Partitioning Using (listed in order of preference) is available. Do one of the Disk Manager following: Your BIOS might contain limitations that can cause operational a. Select the Auto Detect configuration-setup option if it is failures when you install one of the new and larger hard disk drives. available. See the documentation that comes with your IBM computer to install your hard disk drive,
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Partitioning and Formatting Using Disk Manager The Disk Manager software contains programs that can partition, format, and prepare your drive for the installation of an operating system. The following procedure prepares your drive for use in both IBM and Non-IBM computers. 1. Turn off the computer. 2. Insert the Disk Manager diskette and restart the computer. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. 4. When the Disk Manager main menu displays, select View/Print Online Manual and press Enter to
