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Medalist 8641 (ST38641A Medalist 6531 (ST36531A Medalist 4321 (ST34321A Medalist 3221 (ST33221A Installation Guide
Medalist 8641 (ST38641A Medalist 6531 (ST36531A Medalist 4321 (ST34321A Medalist 3221 (ST33221A Installation Guide
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Publication Number: 21200099-001, Rev. All rights reserved. or one of Seagate Technology, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are either trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. -2 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. DiscWizard, SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaTDD and SeaBOARD are the property of Seagate Technology, Inc. B, November 1998 Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Seagate logo, Medalist and the Medalist logo are registered trademarks of its subsidiaries. B © 1998 Seagate Technology, Inc.
Publication Number: 21200099-001, Rev. All rights reserved. or one of Seagate Technology, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are either trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. -2 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. DiscWizard, SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaTDD and SeaBOARD are the property of Seagate Technology, Inc. B, November 1998 Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Seagate logo, Medalist and the Medalist logo are registered trademarks of its subsidiaries. B © 1998 Seagate Technology, Inc.
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Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B iii-1 Contents The easiest way to install your drive 1 What you need 2 Before you begin 2 Handling precautions 3 Master/slave jumpers 4 Attaching cables and mounting the drive 6 Configuring your computer 9 Addressing drive capacity limitations 11 Partitioning and formatting your drive 14 Installation using Disk Manager 15 Standard DOS installation 17 Windows...
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B iii-1 Contents The easiest way to install your drive 1 What you need 2 Before you begin 2 Handling precautions 3 Master/slave jumpers 4 Attaching cables and mounting the drive 6 Configuring your computer 9 Addressing drive capacity limitations 11 Partitioning and formatting your drive 14 Installation using Disk Manager 15 Standard DOS installation 17 Windows...
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...and • You are running Windows 95 or Windows 98. puter with at least 3 Mbytes of large hard drives. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. DiscWizard helps you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions on a diskette, that makes it easy to install ...guide to install your new hard drive if: • You already have an existing, bootable hard drive in this installation guide. B 1 The easiest way to install your drive DiscWizard™ is Seagate's exclusive Windows program, provided on the DiscWizard diskette to install your drive. If you can run ...
...and • You are running Windows 95 or Windows 98. puter with at least 3 Mbytes of large hard drives. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. DiscWizard helps you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions on a diskette, that makes it easy to install ...guide to install your new hard drive if: • You already have an existing, bootable hard drive in this installation guide. B 1 The easiest way to install your drive DiscWizard™ is Seagate's exclusive Windows program, provided on the DiscWizard diskette to install your drive. If you can run ...
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...sure that it is not damaged. • Save your drive warranty. Using any other container or packing material voids your foam-lined Seagate® disc drive box. This box has been approved by Seagate for your new drive Before you begin • Make sure your computer is ...off before you need • Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers • Four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws • An ATA interface cable (max length: 18 inches) with available 40-pin connector • An unused drive power cable for shipping a Seagate disc drive. 2 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev.
...sure that it is not damaged. • Save your drive warranty. Using any other container or packing material voids your foam-lined Seagate® disc drive box. This box has been approved by Seagate for your new drive Before you begin • Make sure your computer is ...off before you need • Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers • Four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws • An ATA interface cable (max length: 18 inches) with available 40-pin connector • An unused drive power cable for shipping a Seagate disc drive. 2 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev.
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... install it. We recommend wearing a grounded wrist strap throughout the installation process. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Do not touch the connectors or any part of the drive. B 3 Handling precautions Disc drives are ready to the circuit board or the top of the printed circuit board.... Do not drop or jar your drive from static discharge by its antistatic bag...
... install it. We recommend wearing a grounded wrist strap throughout the installation process. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Do not touch the connectors or any part of the drive. B 3 Handling precautions Disc drives are ready to the circuit board or the top of the printed circuit board.... Do not drop or jar your drive from static discharge by its antistatic bag...
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...hard drive in your computer, you do not have one drive only: • Place a jumper on pins 7 and 8 (see the Disk Manager online manual, look on page 6. To configure the drive as a slave. 4 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Master/slave jumpers If your new Seagate drive will be the only drive... in your computer and you are installing a second drive, you need to being the "boot" drive (drive C), from which the ...
...hard drive in your computer, you do not have one drive only: • Place a jumper on pins 7 and 8 (see the Disk Manager online manual, look on page 6. To configure the drive as a slave. 4 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Master/slave jumpers If your new Seagate drive will be the only drive... in your computer and you are installing a second drive, you need to being the "boot" drive (drive C), from which the ...
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Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Master and slave jumper settings B 5 ATA interface pin 1 connector 4-pin power connector 2 46 8 1357 Slave Master or single drive Figure 1.
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Master and slave jumper settings B 5 ATA interface pin 1 connector 4-pin power connector 2 46 8 1357 Slave Master or single drive Figure 1.
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... Pin 1 on the host adapter or mother- Thread the interface cable through the drive bay and attach the connector at the end of the cable. Caution. Attaching the cables ! 6 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Pin 1 Host adapter Figure 2. To avoid possible damage to align pin... 1 on the interface cable is usually indicated by the IDE or HDD 40-pin connector. B Attaching cables and mounting the drive 1. The ATA cable must...
... Pin 1 on the host adapter or mother- Thread the interface cable through the drive bay and attach the connector at the end of the cable. Caution. Attaching the cables ! 6 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Pin 1 Host adapter Figure 2. To avoid possible damage to align pin... 1 on the interface cable is usually indicated by the IDE or HDD 40-pin connector. B Attaching cables and mounting the drive 1. The ATA cable must...
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... the screws or use metric screws. Usually it is mounted with four 6-32 UNC mounting screws in any orientation. Mounting screws 3. You can mount the drive in either the sidemounting holes or the bottom-mounting holes. B 7 Figure 3. Insert the screws no more than 0.22 inch (5.58 mm) into the bottommounting holes...
... the screws or use metric screws. Usually it is mounted with four 6-32 UNC mounting screws in any orientation. Mounting screws 3. You can mount the drive in either the sidemounting holes or the bottom-mounting holes. B 7 Figure 3. Insert the screws no more than 0.22 inch (5.58 mm) into the bottommounting holes...
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Attach a power cable to "Configuring Your Computer." Cable connectors Note. 8 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Contact your distributor or computer manufacturer. 5. Continue to each drive. Some computers also require drive mounting rails, which can purchase a Yshaped power cable from your computer dealer. B Interface connector Power connector Pin 1 Figure 4. If you are mounting the...
Attach a power cable to "Configuring Your Computer." Cable connectors Note. 8 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Contact your distributor or computer manufacturer. 5. Continue to each drive. Some computers also require drive mounting rails, which can purchase a Yshaped power cable from your computer dealer. B Interface connector Power connector Pin 1 Figure 4. If you are mounting the...
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... values from the table on . This allows your computer starts up to access drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. 3. B 9 Configuring your computer Before you format or partition your new drive, you must configure your computer's BIOS so that describes how to run the ...Setup program (your computer manual for a message that the computer can recognize your BIOS provides automatic drive detection (an "Auto" drive type), select this option. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. These CHS values support capacities up , watch the screen for details. As your computer...
... values from the table on . This allows your computer starts up to access drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. 3. B 9 Configuring your computer Before you format or partition your new drive, you must configure your computer's BIOS so that describes how to run the ...Setup program (your computer manual for a message that the computer can recognize your BIOS provides automatic drive detection (an "Auto" drive type), select this option. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. These CHS values support capacities up , watch the screen for details. As your computer...
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... CHS addressing 8,894 15 63 Addressable sectors 8,404,830 - - Note. B BIOS Settings Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors ST38641A CHS addressing * 16,383 16 63 Addressable sectors 16,809,660 - - ST33221A CHS addressing 6,253 16 63 Addressable sectors 6,303,024 - - Set the write precomp or... capacities up to 8.4 Gbytes. To see the full capacity of these drives, use the LBA addressing mode or Disk Manager, which is found on the DiscWizard diskette. 10 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. ST36531A CHS addressing 13,446 15 63 Addressable sectors 12,706...
... CHS addressing 8,894 15 63 Addressable sectors 8,404,830 - - Note. B BIOS Settings Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors ST38641A CHS addressing * 16,383 16 63 Addressable sectors 16,809,660 - - ST33221A CHS addressing 6,253 16 63 Addressable sectors 6,303,024 - - Set the write precomp or... capacities up to 8.4 Gbytes. To see the full capacity of these drives, use the LBA addressing mode or Disk Manager, which is found on the DiscWizard diskette. 10 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. ST36531A CHS addressing 13,446 15 63 Addressable sectors 12,706...
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... you can purchase a hard drive controller or a BIOS upgrade that your computer. 528-Mbyte limit The BIOS in some older computers cannot accommodate drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. See page 15 for overcoming these limitations applies to overcome this limitation. Seagate provides free Disk Manager software with your drive to your BIOS needs.... See your BIOS and determine whether additional BIOS support is complete. The three most common system limitations are not designed to partition and format your drive. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev.
... you can purchase a hard drive controller or a BIOS upgrade that your computer. 528-Mbyte limit The BIOS in some older computers cannot accommodate drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. See page 15 for overcoming these limitations applies to overcome this limitation. Seagate provides free Disk Manager software with your drive to your BIOS needs.... See your BIOS and determine whether additional BIOS support is complete. The three most common system limitations are not designed to partition and format your drive. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev.
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...Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. If you install a drive with your drive's capacity is greater than 8.4 Gbytes, the capacity may exceed the limits of these computers, the computer may "freeze" or fail to support drive capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. If you need a Windows operating system that supports FAT32 and device support for drive... of your DiscWizard diskette, for more than 4,092 cylinders in some computers cannot support drives that have more information. 8.4-Gbtye limit If your drive), or • An intelligent ATA host adapter, or • A system BIOS ...
...Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. If you install a drive with your drive's capacity is greater than 8.4 Gbytes, the capacity may exceed the limits of these computers, the computer may "freeze" or fail to support drive capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. If you need a Windows operating system that supports FAT32 and device support for drive... of your DiscWizard diskette, for more than 4,092 cylinders in some computers cannot support drives that have more information. 8.4-Gbtye limit If your drive), or • An intelligent ATA host adapter, or • A system BIOS ...
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Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 13 BIOS upgrades If you need to upgrade your BIOS, contact the appropriate BIOS manufacturer listed below: American Megatrends (AMI): http://www.megatrends.com 1-800-828-9264 Award Software International, Inc.: http://www.award.com 1-800-800-2467 Microid Research/Mr. BIOS: (Upgrades from Unicore Software) http://www.mrbios.com 1-978-686-6468 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.: (Upgrades from Microfirmware) http://www.ptltd.com 1-800-767-5465 SystemSoft http://www.systemsoft.com
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 13 BIOS upgrades If you need to upgrade your BIOS, contact the appropriate BIOS manufacturer listed below: American Megatrends (AMI): http://www.megatrends.com 1-800-828-9264 Award Software International, Inc.: http://www.award.com 1-800-800-2467 Microid Research/Mr. BIOS: (Upgrades from Unicore Software) http://www.mrbios.com 1-978-686-6468 Phoenix Technologies Ltd.: (Upgrades from Microfirmware) http://www.ptltd.com 1-800-767-5465 SystemSoft http://www.systemsoft.com
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...Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. See "Installation using Windows 95 or Windows 98: • Click START. • Choose RUN. • Type FDISK. Two drives: Use DiscWizard for your CD-ROM device. • At the A: prompt, type x:setup, where x is the letter of your Seagate drive. To add a slave drive.... You can access the full capacity of step-by-step instructions to install your hard drive. See "Standard DOS installation" on page 15. B Partitioning and formatting your drive One drive: For a quick installation, use the Disk Manager software to partition and format your...
...Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. See "Installation using Windows 95 or Windows 98: • Click START. • Choose RUN. • Type FDISK. Two drives: Use DiscWizard for your CD-ROM device. • At the A: prompt, type x:setup, where x is the letter of your Seagate drive. To add a slave drive.... You can access the full capacity of step-by-step instructions to install your hard drive. See "Standard DOS installation" on page 15. B Partitioning and formatting your drive One drive: For a quick installation, use the Disk Manager software to partition and format your...
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... drives, select the drive you see your new Seagate drive and your A: drive will be provided if Disk Manager determines that the Disk Manager installation does not conflict with other software. Disk Manager lists all cables, jumpers and BIOS settings. Check all the hard drives that...press ENTER. You should see the Select an Installation Option menu. 3. If any . Important. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Disk Manager partitions and formats the drive. B 15 Installation using Disk Manager 1. Carefully read the information provided by Disk Manager during installation....
... drives, select the drive you see your new Seagate drive and your A: drive will be provided if Disk Manager determines that the Disk Manager installation does not conflict with other software. Disk Manager lists all cables, jumpers and BIOS settings. Check all the hard drives that...press ENTER. You should see the Select an Installation Option menu. 3. If any . Important. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Disk Manager partitions and formats the drive. B 15 Installation using Disk Manager 1. Carefully read the information provided by Disk Manager during installation....
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16 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Note. Note the drive letter for details. 5. Windows 95 or Windows 98 Installation 1. At the A: prompt, type x:setup, where x is the letter of your computer from the Windows 95 or Windows 98 star- If your computer cannot accommodate hard drives with your hard drive. You're Done! Boot your CD...
16 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Note. Note the drive letter for details. 5. Windows 95 or Windows 98 Installation 1. At the A: prompt, type x:setup, where x is the letter of your computer from the Windows 95 or Windows 98 star- If your computer cannot accommodate hard drives with your hard drive. You're Done! Boot your CD...
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... has the FDISK.EXE and FORMAT.COM programs into your first drive partition. Drive partitioning Partitioning a hard drive divides it . Create an extended partition and additional logical drives, as separate logical drives (labeled C,D,E, etc.). Insert a DOS program diskette that will be used to partition. Create your diskette drive. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 17 Standard DOS installation !
... has the FDISK.EXE and FORMAT.COM programs into your first drive partition. Drive partitioning Partitioning a hard drive divides it . Create an extended partition and additional logical drives, as separate logical drives (labeled C,D,E, etc.). Insert a DOS program diskette that will be used to partition. Create your diskette drive. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 17 Standard DOS installation !