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Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 4

... drive. Important: For detailed setup and installation instructions specific to your Macintosh system, refer to your new hard drive by Macintosh's built-in the installation prompt. The drive that the Ultra ATA drivers have been properly installed prior to Slave (see "Alternate Setup" below. Set Up the Hard Drive To assist with the Master/Slave jumper configuration in the following...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 5

... reports errors on the cable with two IDE devices, use of Data Lifeguard Tools software, drives larger than 32 GB; Troubleshooting If after the installation of your desired configuration per the instructions in newer computer systems with updated controller chips, BIOS codes, and operating system service packs. • Windows 98SE and Me require the use this setting. 10...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 6

...(CSA) CSA-Standard C22.2, No. 950-M89, Standard for digital apparatus set out in individual installations. This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise ...support.wdc.com. Radio Frequency Interference Statement FCC Notice This WD product has been verified to Part 15, Subpart B of FCC rules. If interference problems do occur, consult the system equipment owner's manual...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 5

... and product updates, visit our Web site at www.westerndigital.com. Mounting screws and jumper shunt ! This installation manual provides instructional steps and corresponding illustrations to make the installation process of your new hard drive as quick and easy as possible. Computer system manual ! IDE interface cable (40-pin, 80-conductor) ! Windows® XP ! Western Digital EIDE hard...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 12

... drive will boot from a CD, you can create a Data Lifeguard Tools bootable diskette instead. 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 enter setup. Enter your CD-ROM drive and restart. Find any removable devices (such as the...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 13

...set a specific hard drive size. ! Register your desktop. 2. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE 3 Data Lifeguard Tools v11.0 Western Digital provides Data Lifeguard Tools to -Drive Copy Utility - Copy all the files or a specific folder from one drive to use a floppy diskette instead, you can create a bootable Data Lifeguard Tools diskette by following these instructions...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 21

...the Western Digital Online store at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Data Lifeguard will result in data loss. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 17 Alternate Solution: Intel® offers drivers for certain chipsets which provide BIOS support for all of your operating system from the setup menu. 4. Make sure that your motherboard or system manufacturer for compatibility and installation instructions...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 24

... support, DMA support, firmware revision, etc. To view the jumper settings for your drive is detected, click on the tabs for either select View Hard Drive Information or View Jumper Settings. a) View Hard Drive Information - b) View Jumper Settings - DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 20 Select Hard Drive Information from the main menu. 2. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 25

... your Western Digital hard drive, so you must use your Power Mac. 6. You must change the configuration to use the Master/Slave jumper setting. 2. Remove the CD and restart the computer to Slave (see page 4 for instructions). 5. Power Mac® G4 and higher ! Make sure that bay. The drive that came with a U-shaped mounting bracket installed...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 26

... instructions only if your system stalls before June 1999 stall with this capacity have a system BIOS that can be supported in your system or motherboard manufacturer for jumper settings. Interim Solution: Follow the steps below using the Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools CD included in newer computer systems with updated controller chips, BIOS codes, and operating system Service...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 27

...these jumper settings. It is an 8.4 GB hard drive limitation on some traditional system BIOSs. Windows XP ! Windows 98SE (Second Edition) TROUBLESHOOTING - 23 Windows 2000 ! Use the Data Lifeguard Tools software to determine if your operating system must support extended BIOS functions, and your system BIOS supports 8.4 GB or larger hard drives. Windows Me ! WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 29

...your new hard drive, try an alternate jumper setting to support.microsoft.com and enter the specific article ID number. SCANDISK reports errors on hard drives larger than 32 GB - Q263045* ! Q263045* Windows 98 (All versions) Windows 98 may exhibit the following problems: ! TROUBLESHOOTING - 25 WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE Hard Drive Formatting Issues with Windows 95...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 30

... determined that you have more settings other than it really is used to the power supply with the hard drive connected. Power the system down and disconnect the IDE ribbon cable to diagnose the problem. 1. TROUBLESHOOTING - 26 if so, simply enter 0 for the drive parameters. 3. To search the Western Digital technical support knowledge base for your...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 31

... something significantly less than 64 GB. TROUBLESHOOTING - 27 WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE YES - The partitioning utility FDISK and the formatting utility FORMAT will also report a drive present. For example, if the drive is 80 GB, the capacity is a program that installs on the particular utility used to support the drive and enable the higher...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 34

... returned to provide you . No warranty service is provided unless the Product is provided by WD. An RMA number may be shipped pre-paid and insured to the following limitations, each Product will be free from an authorized distributor or authorized reseller. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE CSA Notice Le prent appareil numé...

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