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Page 3 - Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A; Contents; iii

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A -1 Contents The easiest way to install your drive .................................... 1What you need ........................................................................ 2 Ultra ATA/66 requirements ....................................................

Page 5 - The easiest way to install your drive

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 1 The easiest way to install your drive DiscWizard  is Seagate’s exclusive Windows program that is included with your drive for easy drive installation. DiscWizard helps you configure your new drive and your com-puter. It analyzes your system, lets yo...

Page 7 - Handling precautions; Always handle the drive by its edges or frame.

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 3 Handling precautions Disc drives are extremely fragile. Do not drop or jaryour drive. Keep the drive in its antistatic bag until you areready to install it. Protect your drive from static discharge by makingsure you are well grounded before touching ...

Page 8 - Note. If you need to change the jumpers on your existing hard; Installing a master or one drive only:; Note. The master drive usually defaults to being the “boot” drive; Installing a slave drive:

4 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Master/slave jumpers If you already have one hard drive in your computer and you areinstalling a second drive, you must configure one drive as a mas-ter and the other as a slave. Note. If you need to change the jumpers on your existing hard drive, se...

Page 9 - Figure 1. Master and slave jumper settings

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 5 Figure 1. Master and slave jumper settings pin 1 ATA interface connector 1 3 5 2 4 6 7 8 Slave Master or single drive 4-pin power connector

Page 10 - Attaching cables and mounting the drive; Attach one end of the drive interface cable to the interface; blue connector to the mother-; Attach the interface cable and the power connector to the

6 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Attaching cables and mounting the drive 1. Attach one end of the drive interface cable to the interface connector on your motherboard (See your computer manualfor connector locations). Caution. Align pin 1 on the motherboard connector withpin 1 on yo...

Page 11 - Note. You can mount the drive in any orientation. Usually it is; mounted with the circuit board down.; Figure 3. Mounting the drive

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 7 Note. You can mount the drive in any orientation. Usually it is mounted with the circuit board down. Caution. Do not overtighten the screws or use metricscrews. This may damage the drive. Figure 3. Mounting the drive 3. Secure the drive in the comput...

Page 12 - Configuring your computer; To configure your computer’s BIOS:; Select the BIOS hard drive settings menu. To set the drive; parameters, choose Primary Master or Slave,; Select automatic drive detection if available. Choosing this

8 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Configuring your computer Before you format or partition your new drive, you must configureyour computer’s BIOS. To configure your computer’s BIOS: 1. Turn your computer on. As your computer starts up, watch for a message that describes how to run th...

Page 13 - BIOS Settings

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 9 Note. Set the write precomp or landing zone parameters to zero. We recommend you use Disk Manager to evaluate your BIOSand determine whether your system needs additional BIOS sup-port. For more information, see “Installation using Disk Manager”on pag...

Page 14 - Addressing drive-capacity limitations

10 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Addressing drive-capacity limitations Some DOS-based computers and operating systems are notdesigned to accommodate large-capacity hard disc drives. Themost common system limitations are listed below. 528-Mbyte limitThe BIOS in some older computers ...

Page 16 - Preparing your drive for use; Installing a single drive; Note. The Disk Manager software is stored on the diskette or; Follow the onscreen instructions until you see the

12 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Preparing your drive for use Installing a single drive For a quick installation, we recommend you use Disk Manager toautomatically partition and format your drive. Disk Manager also ensures that your computer can access thefull capacity of your hard...

Page 17 - If Disk Manager recognizes all your drives, select the drive; you want to install and press; . Disk Manager partitions; Important. If your BIOS does not support drive capacities

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 13 4. Select either (E)asy Disk Installation or (A)dvanced Disk Installation. Disk Manager lists all the hard drives that it detects. Youshould see your new Seagate drive and your existing harddrive, if any. If any hard drive is not recognized, exit Di...

Page 18 - Standard DOS installation; then press; Then press; . Create your first drive partition. If you are

14 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Standard DOS installation Caution. Partitioning or formatting a drive erases all dataon it. Seagate assumes no liability if you erase your data. Drive partitioning Partitioning a hard drive divides it into sections (partitions) thatfunction as separ...

Page 19 - Note. If you are adding a second drive to your system, you can; run FDISK from Windows. Click the; Drive formatting; Caution. Use the correct drive letters so that you; do not; Note. From FDISK in Windows, it is not necessary to add the /s; Loading the Operating System; Boot your computer from your Windows startup diskette with; the Windows CD loaded.

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 15 7. When partitioning is complete, FDISK reboots your com- puter. Proceed to “Drive Formatting.” Note. If you are adding a second drive to your system, you can run FDISK from Windows. Click the á Start button. Select Run... Then type fdisk and click ...

Page 20 - Additional installation options; Figure 4. Non-ATA compatible and cable select jumpers; Non-ATA compatible slave jumper

16 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Additional installation options Figure 4. Non-ATA compatible and cable select jumpers Non-ATA compatible slave jumper If your computer does not recognize your new drive as a masterin a two-drive system, the slave drive may not be ATA-compati-ble. Yo...

Page 21 - Advanced Disk Manager options; The Disk Manger online manual; . You can also view the online manual from within; Booting from a diskette; To boot from a diskette and access your hard drive:; Boot the computer from the hard drive (with no diskette in the; immediately press the; Insert your boot diskette and press the

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 17 Advanced Disk Manager options The Disk Manger online manual Disk Manager contains an extensive online manual. This manualincludes detailed installation instructions, troubleshooting and alist of master/slave jumper settings for many different harddr...

Page 22 - Supported operating systems

18 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Supported operating systems The Disk Manager dynamic drive overlay provides support fordrives with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes under MS-DOS,Windows 3. x, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 3.50 (requires DM upgrade drivers), OS/2 V3.0 (W...

Page 24 - Troubleshooting

20 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Troubleshooting If you have installed your drive and it does not function properly,perform the following basic checks: Warning. Always turn off the computer before changingjumpers or unplugging cables and cards. Wear aground strap or use other antis...

Page 25 - Additional troubleshooting tips; Turn off your computer, open the case, and remove your new

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 21 • Verify the drive-type settings in the system setup pro-gram. The drive-type settings in the system BIOS must notexceed the physical specifications of your drive. Also, the set-tings must not exceed the limitations set by the operating sys-tem and ...

Page 26 - Figure 5. Alternate Capacity Jumper

22 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Figure 5. Alternate Capacity Jumper 2. Move the jumper on the alternate-capacity jumper, as shown in Figure 5. This causes the drive to appear to your BIOS ashaving a 2.1-Gbyte capacity (4,092 cylinders, 16 heads, 63sectors per track). You may need ...

Page 27 - Make sure the monitor is plugged in and turned on.

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 23 3. Remount your drive in the computer and replace the com- puter cover. 4. Insert a bootable system diskette into drive A and turn on the computer. It should boot from drive A and automaticallydetect the new drive as a 2.1-Gbyte drive. 5. Insert you...

Page 28 - and; keys simultaneously. If the drive is recognized after you

24 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A • Reboot the computer and listen to make sure the drive motorstarts up. If the drive is very quiet, it may be difficult to hear itsdiscs reach operating speed. If the drive motor does not startup, recheck all drive cables. • Verify that for each dri...

Page 30 - The drive does not format to full capacity.

26 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A tem. You must disable this feature in the system setup pro-gram before you can use FDISK. See your computer referenceguide for assistance. Be sure to re-enable this important fea-ture when FDISK is done. The system error message, “Drive not Ready,” ...

Page 32 - Seagate Technology support services; Online services; SeaBOARD; Automated services; SeaFONE; is Seagate’s automated FAX delivery system. Using a

28 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Seagate Technology support services Online services InternetFor online information about Seagate products, visitwww.seagate.com or e-mail your disc questions to:Presales support: [email protected] Web site: http://www.seagate.com/feedback.shm...

Page 33 - Presales Support

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 29 Presales Support Presales SupportOur Presales support staff can help you determine whichSeagate products are best suited for your specific application orcomputer system. Technical support Technical supportIf you need help installing your drive, cons...

Page 34 - USA/Canada/Latin America support services

30 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Authorized service centers If you live outside the US, you can contact an Authorized servicecenter for service or repair. USA/Canada/Latin America support services Presales support 1-877-271-3285 or +1-405-936-1210 FAX: +1-405-936-1683 Technical Sup...

Page 35 - European support services; Call Center

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 31 European support services For European customer support, dial the toll-free number for pre-sales support, technical support, SeaFAX and warranty repair. Ifyour country is not listed here, dial our European call center at+31-20-316-7222 from 8:30 A.M...

Page 36 - Africa/Middle East support services; Technical support

32 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A Africa/Middle East support services For presales, technical support, warranty repair and FAX ser-vices in Africa and the Middle East, dial our European call centerat +31-20-316-7222 from 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (European central time) Monday through ...

Page 37 - Storing and shipping your drive; Seagate Approved Package label.; Note. Back up the data on your drive before shipping the drive.

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 33 Storing and shipping your drive Keep your original box and packing materials for storing or ship-ping your drive. The box has a Seagate Approved Package label. Shipping a drive in an unapproved container voids the warranty.Call your authorized Seaga...

Page 38 - Zur Befestigung des Laufwerks werden 4 Schrauben 6-32

34 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A WarrantySee your authorized Seagate distributor or dealer. Preinstalledor bundled software is provided “as is.” There are no warrantiesof merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. All suchwarranties are expressly and specifically disclaim...

Page 39 - Die Versorgungsspannung muss SELV entsprechen.

Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A 35 3. Als Versorgungsspannugen werden benötigt: +5V ± 5% 0,6A; +12V ±% 0,8A (1,9A fur ca. 30 Sek. fur ± 10%) 4. Die Versorgungsspannung muss SELV entsprechen. 5. Alle Arbeiten auf dem Festplatte dürfen nur von Ausgebilde- tem Servicepersonal durchgefüh...