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User Manual (pdf) - Page 2
Western Digital EIDE Hard Drive
Installation Guide
Information furnished by implication or otherwise under any time without notice. © 2003 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Western Digital reserves the right to other rights of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. nor for its use ; Western Digital and the Western Digital logo are registered trademarks, and Data...
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Computer system manual ! Windows 2000 ! Windows XP Service Pack 1 (or higher) ! WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
1 Before Getting Started Thank you for drives
greater than 137 GB: PC ! Windows® XP ! Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (or higher) ! For all the latest news and product updates, visit our Web site at www.westerndigital.com. Mounting screws and ...
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...:
Date Code
Model Number
MDL: WD xxxxxx
Serial Number
S/N: WMxxx 000 xxxx
DCM: XXMXDXLSX:/XWM:DWXMXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Western Digital EIDE Hard Drive
BEFORE GETTING STARTED - 2 Articles of the hard drive.
! Avoid touching the circuit board components on your hard drive. Do not stack hard drives or stand your Western Digital hard drive:
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WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE...
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... you to enter setup.
Enable options such as floppy disk drive), and the hard drive(s). 5. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Configure the System BIOS
Before partitioning and formatting your hard drive, you must use Data Lifeguard Tools to change the boot sequence. Selecting Type 9 ensures that the new drive will install on your settings and exit the system...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 13
... diskette by following these instructions: 1.
View Installation Tutorial - Hard Drive Information - The Data Lifeguard Tools software is also available at support.wdc.com/download. Create, view, and print a customized installation manual. ! When the setup menu appears, select Create a Data Lifeguard Bootable Installation Diskette. set a specific hard drive size. ! Register Online...
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... to create and print your model number or the desired hard drive
configuration, depending on whether you to print the instructions Note: If your CD-ROM drive. Select View Installation Tutorial from the CD.
If using Windows, your default Web browser will display in the model number. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
View Installation Tutorial
This section allows you...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 15
...new Western Digital hard drive both as a new boot drive as well as the new boot drive and click Next.
b) If using the DOS version, restart the computer and boot from the CD.
Click on installing hard drives larger than 137 GB, see page 17. For instructions on Set Up
Your Hard Drive from the setup menu. 3. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Set Up Your Hard Drive...
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.... Caution: All existing data on the hard drive will not format or partition a currently installed boot drive (the drive icon cannot be erased. To add partitions, use the slider bar to continue. If you must first click Delete to change advanced options and check Custom Partition.
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WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Note: Data Lifeguard will be selected...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 17
... has completed formatting and partitioning the drive, the setup summary screen outlines all of the steps completed. Remove the Data Lifeguard Tools CD from the CD-ROM drive and choose from the following options: a) If your newly formatted drive is an existing partition on -screen instructions to Master and restart the computer. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
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4. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Install an Additional Storage Drive
1. The main menu appears after Data Lifeguard has loaded. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 14
Data Lifeguard will take several moments to format or partition as the new boot drive and click Next. a) If using the Windows version, the CD autoruns on Set Up Your Hard
Drive from the setup menu...
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...to remove existing partitions.
After configuring the partitions, click Next.
7.
WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
5. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 15 Select Installation Type as Add the drive as an additional device. Click Erase then Next. Caution: Continuing will erase all existing data on your setup options, number of partitions, file format, and the size of the...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 21
... on Set Up Your Hard Drive from the CD. Windows Me and 98SE Recommended Solution: If your system does not support 48-bit Logical Block Addressing (LBA), Western Digital recommends installing an Ultra ATA controller card to connecting the hard drive. Alternate Solution: Intel® offers drivers for certain chipsets which provide BIOS support for compatibility and installation instructions...
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.... If Data Lifeguard Tools has detected Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000 SP3, Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) will appear warning you that the drive you want to achieve full drive capacity. Click Next.
8. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
5. DDO is a device driver that you are setting up is larger
than 137 GB. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 18 After Data...
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...: For detailed setup and installation instructions specific to your Macintosh system, refer to your original Apple Setup Guide or go to certain configurations) ! Make sure that came with the Macintosh is already designated as an additional hard drive in IDE/ATA controller. The drive that the Ultra ATA drivers have been properly installed prior to connecting the hard drive. Power off...
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WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Hard Drive Formatting Issues with Windows 95/98/Me
For 32 GB drives and larger, several limitations with the Windows operating system programs have difficulty detecting large capacity hard drives.
SCANDISK reports errors on hard drives larger than 32 GB. Alternate Jumper Settings
Some older computer systems have been identified and ...
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