Maxtor D540X-4K Guide d'installation

ATA Hard Drive InstallationGuideP/N: 20186800/ACopyright© 2002 Maxtor Corporation. All rights reserved. Changes are periodically made to the informat

Installing the Hard Drive 7 2 Mounting the Hard Drive Before mounting the hard drive in your system, you need to determine whether you are installing

8 Installing the Hard Drive 2 5.25-inch Device Bay Installation When installing the hard drive in a 5.25-inch bay (such as where CD-ROM drives are ty

Installing the Hard Drive 9 2 Attaching the Cables An Ultra ATA cable (included) no longer than 18 inches is recommended for all UDMA-capable hard dr

10 Installing the Hard Drive 2 Hard Drive Position Tips Most systems are capable of holding four ATA/IDE devices, two devices on the primary cable an

Installing the Hard Drive 11 2 Existing System 2 (See “Installing Hard Drive as an Additional Hard Drive” on page 21.) Cable Position Device Primary

12 Installing the Hard Drive 2 Configuring the System BIOS This section is for Windows-based systems only. Mac users may proceed to “Formatting the Ha

Installing the Hard Drive 13 2 a. Press the pause/break key after the memory count to pause the system boot. The pause/break key is usually located

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Formatting the Hard Drive 15 3Formatting the Hard Drive This chapter describes how to format and partition your new hard drive using the MaxBlast Plu

16 Formatting the Hard Drive 3 • Existing system with original boot drive and you want to use your new hard drive as storage only. See “Installing Ha

Contents 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Handling the Hard Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Formatting the Hard Drive 1736. Click Next to continue. Allow the MaxBlast Plus II program to partition and format the hard drive using the Standard P

18 Formatting the Hard Drive3After the system boot disk finishes loading, you should see the A:\ prompt. Above the prompt, you should also see a line s

Formatting the Hard Drive 1934. Change to the i386 directory on the CD-ROM drive.cd X:\i386 where X is the drive letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive.

20 Formatting the Hard Drive34. When MaxBlast Plus II is finished formatting the hard drive, remove the floppy disk from the floppy drive and the CD from

Formatting the Hard Drive 2137. After the system boots to the Windows desktop, double-click the My Computer icon. You should see a new drive letter an

22 Formatting the Hard Drive32. Restart the system. When the MaxBlast Plus II program starts, you will be notified that an unformatted hard drive has b

Getting Help 234Getting Help This section provides troubleshooting tips and answers frequently asked questions about installing a hard drive. You can

24 Getting Help4resolve this issue. Another way to overcome the BIOS limitation is to install an Ultra ATA PCI card like the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI

Getting Help 254• A conflict has occurred with another device in the system. Verify the jumper settings on each device attached to the ATA cable, and t

26 Getting Help4What do I do if my hard drive fails?First, you need to verify that the hard drive has actually failed. The Powermax diagnostic utility

Glossary 275GlossaryATA Advanced Technology Attachment. ATA (also known as Integrated Drive Electronics, or IDE) is a popular internal interface stand

28 Glossary5Hard Drive An electromechanical device used for information storage and retrieval, incorporating one or more rotating disks on which data

29IndexAattaching cables 9BBIOS capacity barrier 25Ccable select 5cablesattaching 9configuring system BIOS 12creating boot disksWindows 2000 19Windows

30Maxtor Product WarrantyMaxtor warranty obligations are limited to the terms set forth: Maxtor warrants to the original consumer purchaser that new M

ATA Hard Drive InstallationGuideP/N: 20186800/ACopyright© 2002 Maxtor Corporation. All rights reserved. Changes are periodically made to the informat

Getting Started 1 1Getting Started Thank you for selecting a Maxtor hard drive storage product. This installation guide will lead you through the ins

2 Getting Started 1 Back Up Your Data Protect your data by backing up existing hard drives before installing your new Maxtor hard drive. Important

Installing the Hard Drive 3 2Installing the Hard Drive This chapter describes how to physically install the hard drive in your computer. The installa

4 Installing the Hard Drive 2 Setting the Jumpers A jumper is a small plastic piece that slides over a pair of configuration pins. (See Figure 4.) The

Installing the Hard Drive 5 2 Determining the Correct Jumper Setting The correct jumper setting for your hard drive depends on your current system co

6 Installing the Hard Drive 2 Placing the Jumper Most hard drives come preconfigured with one jumper in the cable select or master position and an ext