Western Digital WD2500BB Support Question
Western Digital WD2500BB Support Question
Find answers below for this question about Western Digital WD2500BB - Caviar 250 GB Hard Drive.Need a Western Digital WD2500BB manual? We have 3 online manuals for this item!
Question posted by strictostevo on June 24th, 2012
How To Format My Wd2500bb-00gua0 Into Fat32
how can i format my hard drive into fat32????
Current Answers
Related Western Digital WD2500BB Manual Pages
Product Specifications - Page 1
Bigger cache memory yields faster performance. WD Caviar® Blue™
Desktop Hard Drives
With SATA and PATA interfaces, and cache sizes ranging from 80 GB to 1 TB. Product Features
Cache
WD Caviar Blue is used throughout this family of your data, and we are committed to keep drives cool while they are built to levels near...
Product Specifications - Page 2
WD Caviar Blue
Specifications1
Model number
Interface Formatted capacity User sectors per drive LBA support SATA latching connector Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2
Performance
Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained)
Cache...mm, ± .01 in.) Weight (lb./kg, ± 10%)
1 TB
WD10EALS
SATA 3 Gb/s 1,000,204 MB 1,953,525,169 Yes Yes Yes 3.5-inch Yes...
Product Specifications - Page 3
WD Caviar Blue
Specifications1
Model number
Interface Formatted capacity User sectors per drive LBA support SATA latching connector Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2
Performance
Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained)
Cache (MB)
Rotational speed (RPM)
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles4 Non-recoverable read errors per...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 2
... supports the card and that its drivers have been properly installed prior to your larger than 137 GB.
Be aware of Data Lifeguard Tools™ prior to the
hardware installation. Articles of drives larger than 137
GB hard drive without a controller card. standard 40-pin, 80-conductor cable; Before performing any other components, discharge static...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 4
...the program, Data Lifeguard Tools will scan and detect the newly installed hard drive.
To install a drive greater than 137 GB, you must use the Master/Slave jumper setting.
-3- Click Yes ... the same cable with partitioning and formatting. At the end of the jumper block). Follow the directions in Windows: 1. Install an Additional Hard Drive in the installation prompt.
If unable...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 5
... after carefully following problems
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article ID#
Windows Millennium
FORMAT displays the size of partitions or logical drives larger than 64 GB incorrectly
Q263045
Windows 98 (all versions)
• FDISK does not recognize the full size of hard drives larger than 64 GB
• FORMAT displays the size of this guide.
2. Follow these instructions only...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 3
...Up Your Hard Drive 11 Install a New Boot Drive 11 Install an Additional Storage Drive 14 Install a Drive Larger than 137 GB 17 Drive-to-Drive Copy Utility 19 Hard Drive Information 20 Install the Hard Drive in a Macintosh System 21
22 Troubleshooting
Operating System and BIOS Limitations 22 Alternate Instructions for Installing a Drive (Windows XP/2000 24 Hard Drive Formatting Issues with...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 5
... installation diskette or CD ! Windows 2000 ! Windows 98SE (Second Edition) ! WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
1 Before Getting Started Thank you for drives
greater than 137 GB: PC ! Windows® XP ! Mac® OS X v10.2 or later !
Western Digital EIDE hard drive ! Small Phillips and flat-blade screwdrivers
Operating System Requirements
! Macintosh® OS v8...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 11
... will have to enter the system BIOS to set up the hard drive. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
4. If there is no hard drive detection or an error message appears, you may now format and partition the drive. This concludes the hard drive installation process.
2. INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE - 7 Note: For proper grounding, be sure to "Data Lifeguard Tools v11...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 13
... Tools software is also available at support.wdc.com/download. overcome the 137 GB, 32 GB, or 8.4 GB system BIOS limitations. ! set a specific hard drive size. ! Register your CD-ROM drive.
Note: The Windows and DOS versions of Data Lifeguard Tools. Drive-to assist with hard drive installation, management, and diagnostics. Create a Bootable Diskette
If your desktop. 2. Depending on...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 15
... click Next. Data Lifeguard will take several moments to format or partition as an additional storage drive. The main menu below appears after Data Lifeguard Tools has loaded. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 11
Install a New Boot Drive
1. Click on installing hard drives larger than 137 GB, see page 17. Insert the Data Lifeguard Tools CD into...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 16
... is automatically partitioned to proceed with format and partition. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 12 If the drive contains existing partitions and if you wish to create or add partitions, you are prompted to continue, click Yes to the largest capacity based on installing hard drives larger than 137 GB, see page 17.
If you must...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 19
... wish to create customized partitions, select the box to 137 GB based on the hard drive.
The Custom Partition Setup screen below appears. To add partitions, use the slider bar to proceed with format and partition. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 15 WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
5. After configuring the partitions, click Next.
7. If you...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 21
... the Western Digital Online store at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Install a Drive Larger than 137 GB
To access the full capacity of a drive larger than 137 GB: !
Caution: Formatting a drive past the 137 GB barrier on a system that your CD-ROM drive. Alternate Solution: Intel® offers drivers for certain chipsets which provide BIOS...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 22
... 18 DDO is larger
than 137 GB. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
5. To create customized ...partitions, select the box to Full Size.
7.
Click on Partition to change advanced setup options and check Custom Partition. Select the drive that you are setting up is a device driver that the drive you want to format...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 25
...G4 and higher ! Power Mac G3 (blue and white colored, limited to format and partition the drive.
c) To install a hard drive less than 137 GB as Master (Master ID=0, Slave ID=1). Note: Cable Select mode is ...Macs G3 or G4, refer to Apple support article 24342 at www.apple.com. Install the Hard Drive Less than 137 GB, you must change the configuration to Slave (see page 4 for a diagram of the ...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 26
... than this capacity have a system BIOS that is incompatible with this capacity barrier, hard drives higher than 137 GB of each limitation.
137 GB Barrier
The previous standard for jumper settings.
Hard Drive Formatting Issues (Windows 95/98/Me) ! To overcome this larger hard drive. Certain operating system utilities such as ScanDisk and Defrag, may not function properly on...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 27
... functions. ! Other options are to ensure support of the full capacity of the hard drive with these jumper settings. Windows 98SE (Second Edition)
TROUBLESHOOTING - 23 It is an 8.4 GB hard drive limitation on some traditional system BIOSs. Windows 2000 ! WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
2. To run Data Lifeguard Tools: - Follow the setup instructions for the...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 29
... enter the specific article ID number.
FORMAT displays the size of your new hard drive, try an alternate jumper setting to Windows XP, 2000, Windows Millennium, or Windows 98SE. *Microsoft Knowledge Base Article ID Number.
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...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 31
... or motherboard manufacturer for an available BIOS upgrade.
2. NO - If the system only recognizes 2.1 GB, 8.4 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, or 137 GB of the hard drive or something significantly less than 64 GB in Windows 98SE, FDISK/FORMAT shows either decimal gigabytes, where 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes or in either the wrong or incomplete capacity. Western Digital's Online...
Similar Questions
Wd2500aajs - Caviar 250 Gb Hard Drive Not Detected
Last night i have normally shut down the PC after finish my work. But this morning i'm shocked to to...
Last night i have normally shut down the PC after finish my work. But this morning i'm shocked to to...
(Posted by newa77 7 years ago)
Ssd Or Hhd Drive?
Western Digital WD2500BEVT - Scorpio 250 GB Hard Drive. I need to know if this is a ssd or a hhd dri...
Western Digital WD2500BEVT - Scorpio 250 GB Hard Drive. I need to know if this is a ssd or a hhd dri...
(Posted by caccij 8 years ago)
Wd1600bevs Vs Wd1600bevt
Hi,my WD1600BEVS is kaputt.Can I use WD1600BEVT?Thanks,Leon
Hi,my WD1600BEVS is kaputt.Can I use WD1600BEVT?Thanks,Leon
(Posted by lemirat 8 years ago)
Blue Screen Error
how to solve blue screen of error caused when i use WD 320 GB hard disk in my p4 system at the place...
how to solve blue screen of error caused when i use WD 320 GB hard disk in my p4 system at the place...
(Posted by puneetkakodiya 10 years ago)
Hdd Password
I Have a WD1600BEVT-22ZCTO 160.0 GB hard disk and I am having problems when I boot my Acer Aspire 57...
I Have a WD1600BEVT-22ZCTO 160.0 GB hard disk and I am having problems when I boot my Acer Aspire 57...
(Posted by schadha3 12 years ago)