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THE EASIEST WAY TO INSTALL YOUR DRIVE
DiscWizard is a revolutionary
new Windows program that
MEDALIST PRO HARD DRIVE
makes it easy to install your
INSTALLATION GUIDE
Seagate Medalist Pro drive.
DiscWizard helps you configure
your new drive and your computer. It analyzes your system,
Medalist Pro 9140 (ST39140A)
lets you select various installation options and creates cus-
tomized step-by-step instructions. It also allows older comput-
Medalist Pro 6530 (ST36530A)
ers to access the ful
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WHAT YOU WILL NEED HANDLE WITH CARE! • Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers Disc drives are extremely fragile. Do not drop or jar your drive. • Drive mounting screws • An ATA interface cable (max length:18 inches), and available 40-pin connector. Keep the drive in its antistatic bag until you are ready • An unused drive power cable for your new drive to install it. • A bootable system diskette • If you are mounting this 3.5-inch drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay, you need a mounting adapter or f
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2. CONFIGURING YOUR COMPUTER BIOS Settings Cylinders Heads Sectors Before you format or partition your new drive, you must con- figure your computer’s BIOS so that the computer can recog- ST39140A nize your new drive. CHS addressing 16,383 16 63 Addressable sectors 17,803,490 1 Turn your computer on. As your computer starts up, watch the screen for a message describing how to run the sys- ST36530A tem setup program (sometimes called BIOS or CMOS LBA addressing 841 240 63 setup). This is u
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ADDRESSING DRIVE-CAPACITY LIMITATIONS 8.4 Gbtye-limit: If your drive’s capacity is greater than 8.4 Some DOS-based computers and operating systems are not Gbytes, the capacity may exceed the limits of your system designed to accommodate large hard disc drives. The three BIOS and operating system. DOS and Windows operating sys- most common system limitations are listed below, along with tems and most system BIOS limit the drive partitions to 8.4 methods for overcoming these limitations. See your
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Cable Select Jumper Basic Troubleshooting Some computers differentiate between master and slave drives using If you have installed your drive and it does not function properly, perform specially designed interface cables that have the line to pin 28 (the Cable the following basic checks: Select pin) removed or cut at one connector. The connector that has pin 28 disabled is used for the slave drive. See your computer manual to determine whether your computer supports this feature. To configure Wa
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Check for I/O address conflicts. To isolate the conflict, verify that the drive • and host adapter are compatible with your computer. Turn off the If you need assistance installing your drive, consult your dealer. Dealers computer and remove all the peripheral adapter cards except for the are familiar with their unique system configurations and can help you video card and host adapter. If the computer recognizes the drive with system conflicts and other technical issues. If you need additional w
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Supported Operating Systems shown below. This enables the alternate capacity option that causes the drive to appear to your BIOS as having a 2.1-Gbyte capacity (4,092 The Disk Manager dynamic drive overlay provides support for drives cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track). You may need third-party that have capacities greater than 528 Mbytes under MS-DOS, Windows partitioning software, such as Disk Manager, to achieve full capacity of 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, Window NT 3.50 (require
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Japan 81 3 5462 2979 USA 405 936 1685 – You entered a translation characteristic that does not take advantage of the drive’s full capacity. – The drive’s physical specifications exceed the translation limits imposed Direct-Support Services by the BIOS. Seagate Technical Support For one-on-one help, you can talk to a technical support specialist during Caution. If you change the drive-type values in the local business hours. Before calling, note your system configuration and ! system setup pro
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pin 1 THE EASIEST WAY TO INSTALL YOUR DRIVE WHAT YOU WILL NEED HANDLE WITH CARE! DiscWizard is a revolutionary • Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers Disc drives are extremely fragile. Do not drop or jar new Windows program that MEDALIST PRO HARD DRIVE your drive. • Drive mounting screws makes it easy to install your INSTALLATION GUIDE • An ATA interface cable (max length:18 inches), and Seagate Medalist Pro drive. available 40-pin connector . DiscWizard helps you configure Keep the drive i
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• Check for I/O address conflicts. To isolate the conflict, verify that the drive and host adapter are compatible with your computer. Turn off the If you need assistance installing your drive, consult your dealer. Dealers Cable Select Jumper computer and remove all the peripheral adapter cards except for the Basic Troubleshooting are familiar with their unique system configurations and can help you video card and host adapter. If the computer recognizes the drive Some computers differentiate bet
