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... 98 installation 16 Additional installation options 19 Non-ATA compatible slave jumper 19 Cable select jumper 20 Advanced Disk Manager options 21 Troubleshooting 24 Alternate capacity jumper 26 Seagate Technology support services 32 Storing and shipping your drive 38 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev.
... 98 installation 16 Additional installation options 19 Non-ATA compatible slave jumper 19 Cable select jumper 20 Advanced Disk Manager options 21 Troubleshooting 24 Alternate capacity jumper 26 Seagate Technology support services 32 Storing and shipping your drive 38 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev.
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...allows older computers to this installation guide to install your new drive. If you configure your new drive and your system, lets you need additional information, refer to access the full capacity of available disc space, and • You are running ...Medalist® drive. puter with at least 3 Mbytes of large hard drives. DiscWizard helps you can run DiscWizard to install your com- Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions in your drive. B 1 The easiest way to install your drive DiscWizard™ is Seagate...
...allows older computers to this installation guide to install your new drive. If you configure your new drive and your system, lets you need additional information, refer to access the full capacity of available disc space, and • You are running ...Medalist® drive. puter with at least 3 Mbytes of large hard drives. DiscWizard helps you can run DiscWizard to install your com- Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions in your drive. B 1 The easiest way to install your drive DiscWizard™ is Seagate...
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...Save the settings and exit the System Setup program (your new drive. This allows your computer to run the system setup program (also called BIOS or CMOS setup). These CHS values support capacities up , watch the screen for your computer will automatically reboot). ...automatic drive detection, select "User-defined" drive settings and enter the CHS values from the table on . 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 access drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. 3. Medalist ...
...Save the settings and exit the System Setup program (your new drive. This allows your computer to run the system setup program (also called BIOS or CMOS setup). These CHS values support capacities up , watch the screen for your computer will automatically reboot). ...automatic drive detection, select "User-defined" drive settings and enter the CHS values from the table on . 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 access drives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. 3. Medalist ...
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...12,706,470 - - 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. B BIOS Settings Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors ST38641A CHS addressing * 16,...383 16 63 Addressable sectors 16,809,660 - - ST34321A CHS addressing 8,894 15 63 Addressable sectors 8,404,830 - - ST33221A CHS addressing 6,253 16...
...12,706,470 - - 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. B BIOS Settings Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors ST38641A CHS addressing * 16,...383 16 63 Addressable sectors 16,809,660 - - ST34321A CHS addressing 8,894 15 63 Addressable sectors 8,404,830 - - ST33221A CHS addressing 6,253 16...
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Seagate provides free Disk Manager software with suggestions for overcoming these limitations applies to accommodate large-capacity hard disc drives. Disk Manager indicates when the...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. If Disk Manager determines that supports drives with capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes, detailed instructions will be provided regarding booting from a floppy. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Addressing drive-capacity...
Seagate provides free Disk Manager software with suggestions for overcoming these limitations applies to accommodate large-capacity hard disc drives. Disk Manager indicates when the...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. If Disk Manager determines that supports drives with capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes, detailed instructions will be provided regarding booting from a floppy. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Addressing drive-capacity...
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...Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. If you need a Windows operating system that supports FAT32 and device support for further information. 4,092-cylinder limit The BIOS in some computers cannot support drives that have this limitation, a 32-bit file allocation table (FAT32) is greater than 8.4 Gbytes, the capacity...operating systems and most system BIOS's limit the drive partitions to support drive capacities greater than 4,092 cylinders (approximately 2.1 Gbytes). To achieve your drive's full capacity, you install a drive with your drive), or • An intelligent ATA host ...
...Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. If you need a Windows operating system that supports FAT32 and device support for further information. 4,092-cylinder limit The BIOS in some computers cannot support drives that have this limitation, a 32-bit file allocation table (FAT32) is greater than 8.4 Gbytes, the capacity...operating systems and most system BIOS's limit the drive partitions to support drive capacities greater than 4,092 cylinders (approximately 2.1 Gbytes). To achieve your drive's full capacity, you install a drive with your drive), or • An intelligent ATA host ...
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...capacity of your drive" on page 17. See "The easiest way to install an additional drive. See "Standard DOS installation" on page 17. To add a slave drive without using Disk Manager" on page 15. Disk Manager also ensures that your computer can also use the Disk Manager software to partition and format your hard drive... letter of your Seagate drive. To add a slave drive using Windows 95 or Windows 98: • Boot your computer from the Windows 95 or Windows 98 startup diskette with the Windows setup instructions. B Partitioning and formatting your drive One drive: For a quick...
...capacity of your drive" on page 17. See "The easiest way to install an additional drive. See "Standard DOS installation" on page 17. To add a slave drive without using Disk Manager" on page 15. Disk Manager also ensures that your computer can also use the Disk Manager software to partition and format your hard drive... letter of your Seagate drive. To add a slave drive using Windows 95 or Windows 98: • Boot your computer from the Windows 95 or Windows 98 startup diskette with the Windows setup instructions. B Partitioning and formatting your drive One drive: For a quick...
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...and press ENTER. Check all the hard drives that the Disk Manager installation does not conflict with other software. B 15 Installation using Disk Manager 1. If Disk Manager recognizes all your BIOS needs support for drive capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, ... partitions and formats the drive. Important. You should see the Select an Installation Option menu. 3. Boot your computer from your A: drive will be provided if Disk Manager determines that your drives, select the drive you see your new Seagate drive and your DiscWizard diskette....
...and press ENTER. Check all the hard drives that the Disk Manager installation does not conflict with other software. B 15 Installation using Disk Manager 1. If Disk Manager recognizes all your BIOS needs support for drive capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, ... partitions and formats the drive. Important. You should see the Select an Installation Option menu. 3. Boot your computer from your A: drive will be provided if Disk Manager determines that your drives, select the drive you see your new Seagate drive and your DiscWizard diskette....
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...for your computer. Follow the instructions in the post-installation screens and continue with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes or 8.4 Gbytes, Disk Manager installs a Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) on your CD-ROM drive. 4. Windows 95 or Windows 98 Installation 1. B Note. Boot your Windows ... 2. You're Done! Note the drive letter for details. 5. If your computer cannot accommodate hard drives with your computer from the Windows 95 or Windows 98 star- At the A: prompt, type x:setup, where x is the letter of your hard drive. 16 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev...
...for your computer. Follow the instructions in the post-installation screens and continue with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes or 8.4 Gbytes, Disk Manager installs a Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) on your CD-ROM drive. 4. Windows 95 or Windows 98 Installation 1. B Note. Boot your Windows ... 2. You're Done! Note the drive letter for details. 5. If your computer cannot accommodate hard drives with your computer from the Windows 95 or Windows 98 star- At the A: prompt, type x:setup, where x is the letter of your hard drive. 16 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev...
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...full capacity of master/slave jumper settings for more information about 2 seconds). 3. This occurs automatically when you will not be able to boot from the hard disc (with no diskette in the main menu. Boot the computer from a diskette and still access your hard drive. 1. Insert your hard drive. ...To view the Disk Manager online manual, insert the Disk Manager diskette into drive A and type A:\DM /H. If you boot from a diskette regularly, you to access your boot diskette and press the SPACEBAR again. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 21 Advanced Disk Manager ...
...full capacity of master/slave jumper settings for more information about 2 seconds). 3. This occurs automatically when you will not be able to boot from the hard disc (with no diskette in the main menu. Boot the computer from a diskette and still access your hard drive. 1. Insert your hard drive. ...To view the Disk Manager online manual, insert the Disk Manager diskette into drive A and type A:\DM /H. If you boot from a diskette regularly, you to access your boot diskette and press the SPACEBAR again. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B 21 Advanced Disk Manager ...
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... a third-party equivalent to the full capacity of your drive, you follow the procedure below. 22 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Supported operating systems The Disk Manager dynamic drive overlay provides support for drives with other operating systems are available in ...drive overlay without losing your hard drive. If the DDO migration program encounters a serious file problem or is bootable. Removing the dynamic drive overlay If Disk Manager installs a dynamic drive overlay (DDO) and you have another method for running the dynamic drive overlay with capacities...
... a third-party equivalent to the full capacity of your drive, you follow the procedure below. 22 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B Supported operating systems The Disk Manager dynamic drive overlay provides support for drives with other operating systems are available in ...drive overlay without losing your hard drive. If the DDO migration program encounters a serious file problem or is bootable. Removing the dynamic drive overlay If Disk Manager installs a dynamic drive overlay (DDO) and you have another method for running the dynamic drive overlay with capacities...
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26 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Move the jumper on the alternate-capacity jumper, as having a 2.1-Gbyte capacity (4,092 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track). B 2 46 8 1357 Full capacity Limit capacity to achieve full capacity of the drive. This causes the drive to appear to your BIOS as shown in Figure 6. You may need third-party partitioning software, such as Disk Manager, to 2.1 Gbytes (4,092 cylinders) Figure 6. Alternate capacity jumper 2.
26 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. Move the jumper on the alternate-capacity jumper, as having a 2.1-Gbyte capacity (4,092 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors per track). B 2 46 8 1357 Full capacity Limit capacity to achieve full capacity of the drive. This causes the drive to appear to your BIOS as shown in Figure 6. You may need third-party partitioning software, such as Disk Manager, to 2.1 Gbytes (4,092 cylinders) Figure 6. Alternate capacity jumper 2.
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...This runs the Disk Manager program. 6. Follow the Disk Manager instructions to install the dynamic drive overlay and to partition and format your new drive to access the full capacity of your new drive. The screen remains blank when you reboot, the host adapter may be able to its slot... A:\DM. After Disk Manager is seated in its full capacity. 7. If the screen turns on after you power up the system. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. You should boot from drive A and automatically detect the new drive as a 2.1-Gbyte drive. 5. If the steps listed above do not remedy this...
...This runs the Disk Manager program. 6. Follow the Disk Manager instructions to install the dynamic drive overlay and to partition and format your new drive to access the full capacity of your new drive. The screen remains blank when you reboot, the host adapter may be able to its slot... A:\DM. After Disk Manager is seated in its full capacity. 7. If the screen turns on after you power up the system. Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. You should boot from drive A and automatically detect the new drive as a 2.1-Gbyte drive. 5. If the steps listed above do not remedy this...
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30 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B • Some BIOS have occurred: • The values may have entered a parameter value that exceeds the physical capacity of the drive. • You entered a translation characteristic that protects Track 0 from viruses. See your computer reference guide for system ... pin 1 of the drive is adequate for I/O address conflicts. istic. • You may be set with an incorrect translation character- Be sure to hang the system. This may have a Track 0 protection feature that does not take full advantage of the hard-disc controller or host...
30 Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. B • Some BIOS have occurred: • The values may have entered a parameter value that exceeds the physical capacity of the drive. • You entered a translation characteristic that protects Track 0 from viruses. See your computer reference guide for system ... pin 1 of the drive is adequate for I/O address conflicts. istic. • You may be set with an incorrect translation character- Be sure to hang the system. This may have a Track 0 protection feature that does not take full advantage of the hard-disc controller or host...
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Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. The DOS message "Disk Boot Failure," "Non-System Disk" or "No ROM Basic - The system error message, "HDD controller failure" appears. • Confirm the jumper settings on page 25 for viruses. If you must partition and format the drive again. Follow the instructions on the drive... on the drive. • If you have partitioned the drive into individual logical drives, you may need to make the partitions smaller to access the full drive capacity. • If your computer supports LBA mode, you install your new drive, your computer...
Medalist 8641, 6531, 4321 and 3221, Rev. The DOS message "Disk Boot Failure," "Non-System Disk" or "No ROM Basic - The system error message, "HDD controller failure" appears. • Confirm the jumper settings on page 25 for viruses. If you must partition and format the drive again. Follow the instructions on the drive... on the drive. • If you have partitioned the drive into individual logical drives, you may need to make the partitions smaller to access the full drive capacity. • If your computer supports LBA mode, you install your new drive, your computer...