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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 (MB)
Rotational speed (RPM)
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles4 Non-recoverable read errors per bits read Limited ...
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 bits read Limited ...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 2
...hard drive. Before Getting Started
1. computer system manual; For more information, visit our website at store.wdc.com (U.S.A.
Alternate Solution
Intel® offers drivers for certain chipsets which provide BIOS support for your larger than 137 GB. Make sure that its sides only. Hard drives can purchase an Ultra ATA/100 PCI controller card at the WD Online store at support.wdc...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 3
...Install the Hard Drive
Important: Your new WD hard drive must use screws in IDE/ATA controller. Proceed to your desired configuration (i.e., Cable Select, Master/Slave, or Single). Jumper the bootable drive as Master and the other drive is the default setting for reference. Refer to reposition the jumper shunt on the motherboard. A. Cable Select Cable Select is also jumpered...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 4
... 24342 at support.wdc.com. For more information on Master/Slave support on the Data Lifeguard Tools CD to create partitions during setup. 5. You can install two IDE/ATA hard drives on -screen instructions. If unable to boot to the Windows 2000/XP Installation CD. 2. Set up the new hard drive. 4. Alternate Setup Instructions for both Windows and DOS.
Set Up the Hard Drive
To...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 5
...and product updates, visit our Web site at www.westerndigital.com. Quick Install poster ! Operating system installation diskette or CD ! Windows Millennium (Me) ! Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 (or higher) ! WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
1 Before Getting Started Thank you for purchasing a Western Digital Enhanced IDE (EIDE) hard drive. Mounting screws and jumper shunt ! Small...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 6
...: Model Number:
Date Code:
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 Your hard drive is packaged in direct contact with care during unpacking and installation. Your warranty will void the warranty. Articles of the hard drive.
! Avoid touching the circuit board...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 9
... your new Western Digital hard drive along with two IDE devices, move the jumper shunt on the other IDE device as the Master drive on the cable with a non-Western Digital hard drive, obtain jumper setting information from the original hard drive manufacturer. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Standard Jumper Settings
If you determine that your system does not support Cable...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 12
WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Configure the System BIOS
Before partitioning and formatting your system manual for instructions if necessary. 2. Refer to your hard drive, you must use Data Lifeguard Tools to install your system BIOS does not have an Auto Config drive type or does not show full capacity, disable LBA, select User Defined, and enter 1023 cylinders, 16 heads...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 13
... as prompted. Depending on your setup and configuration, you can use either the Windows or DOS version of Data Lifeguard Tools vary slightly from the CD. Create, view, and print a customized installation manual. ! Partition and format an installed hard drive; set a specific hard drive size. ! Hard Drive Information - Configure jumper settings and other technical information regarding your...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 14
... the computer and boot from the setup menu. 3. Data Lifeguard Tools may ask you to create and print custom hardware installation instructions.
Insert the Data Lifeguard Tools CD into your custom instructions.
4. If you to select your model number or the desired hard drive
configuration, depending on the top of the drive.
1. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
View...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 21
...Ultra ATA controller card to your operating system from the CD. Data Lifeguard will result in data loss. Windows XP, SP1 or higher ! The following versions natively support drives larger than 137 GB: !
Caution: Formatting a drive past the 137 GB barrier on Set Up Your Hard Drive from the setup menu. 4. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Install a Drive Larger than 137 GB...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 25
...Power off the computer, unplug the power cord. 4. Note: Cable Select mode is capable of supporting dual IDE/ATA drives, allowing two drives to be limited to installing one IDE/ATA device per channel for a diagram of the jumper block). Install the Hard Drive Less than 137 GB as Master (Master ID=0, Slave ID=1). WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Install the Hard Drive...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 29
... fix for each problem, go to Windows XP, 2000, Windows Millennium, or Windows 98SE. *Microsoft Knowledge Base Article ID Number. Q263045* !
If your new hard drive, try an alternate jumper setting to resolve this issue. Note: Cable Select cannot be used when alternative jumpers are selected. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Hard Drive Formatting Issues with Windows...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 31
...to partition and format the drive, no difference, the drive has most likely experienced some possible solutions:
1. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
YES - In this resolves the issue. 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 the actual capacity of data loss. Here are entered manually. It will...
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