User manual HITACHI ULTRASTAR 36LZX DETAILED INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] IBM storage products IBM Installation and reference manual IBM Ultrastar 36LP & 36LZX 3. 5 inch Ultra 160 SCSI hard disk drive Models: DPSS-336950 DPSS-318350 DPSS-309170 DDYS-T36950 DDYS-T18350 DDYS-T09170 Page 1 IBM Technology Group Support Center 07N5612IG10 IBM storage products Technical support A Troubleshooting section is provided in the Appendix of this manual to aid you in the installation of your IBM Ultrastar. If the answer to your installation question is not found in this manual, call one of the Technology Support Centers. Before calling, please gather as much of the following information as possible: Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y IBM drive model number, part number, and serial number Operating system BIOS manufacturer, version, and date Any error codes and when they occurred System type and manufacturer Chipset manufacturer Adapter card manufacturer Other devices in systems Bus/cable layout (location of device, which device is at the end, etc. ) Applications used (if relevant) Technology Support Centers: North America Web www. ibm. com/harddrive Voice 888. 426. 5214 or 507. 286. 5825 Fax 507. 253. DRIVE E-mail drive@us. ibm. com Singapore Voice 1800. 418. 9595 or 65. 6. 418. 9595 E-mail drive@sg. ibm. com United Kingdom Voice 44. 1475. 898. 125 E-mail drive@uk. ibm. com Germany Voice 49. 7032. 153050 E-mail drive@de. ibm. com Automated Fax Back Service (for related technical support documents) U. S. A. 408. 256. 5418 Singapore 800. 418. 9696 England 0800. 96. 6948 Germany 0130. 82. 6089 France 0800. 902229 Italy 167. 875148 Page 2 IBM Technology Group Support Center 07N5612IG10 IBM storage products Installation and reference manual IBM Ultrastar 36LP & 36LZX 3. 5 Ultra 160 SCSI hard disk drive International Business Machines Corporation provides this publication "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. [. . . ] Type `Y' to select the FAT 32 file system. Type `N' to select the FAT 16 file system. (If you have more than one drive, a fifth option will appear which allows you to select the drive to be partitioned. ) Note: Select FAT 32 or FAT 16 if you are using Windows 95 OSR2 or Windows 98. FAT 32 partitions utilize disk space more efficiently and may be greater than 2 GB in size. If you are using DOS, Windows 3. 1x, or an earlier version of Windows 95, select FAT 16. PC DOS Version 7. 0 Fixed Disk Setup Program Copyright IBM Corporation 1983-1994 FDISK Options Current fixed disk drive: Choose one of the following: 1. Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive 2. Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive 4. Change current fixed disk drive Enter choice:[1] Press ESC to exit FDISK 1 Page 16 IBM Technology Group Support Center 07N5612IG10 IBM storage products 3. Select option 1 to create a DOS partition. The following screen is displayed. Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive Choose one of the following: 1. Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS partition. Enter choice: [3] Press ESC to return to FDISK Options 4. Select option 1 to Create a Primary DOS Partition. You will be asked if you want the full capacity of the drive and if you want to make the partition active. Y Y If yes, exit from FDISK. Restart the system and proceed to the next step. If no, enter the logical drive size in megabytes or percent of disk space. Select option 2 to make the partition active. Press ESC to return to the FDISK options. Create an Extended DOS Partition by selecting option 1 from the main menu and option 2 from the second menu. Note: The Maximum Capacity may be smaller than the stated capacity of the drive. This is because the BIOS of some systems recognizes a Megabyte as 1, 048, 576 bytes (binary). Drive manufacturers recognize a Megabyte as 1, 000, 000 bytes (decimal). The capacities are the same in actual number of bytes. [. . . ] Partitioning your hard disk drive is essential for it to work properly. Format To prepare a hard drive so that it can store data. In the DOS formatting process, the computer verifies the clusters within a partition. Page 24 IBM Technology Group Support Center 07N5612IG10 IBM storage products Hard disk drive (HDD) A stand alone disk drive that reads and writes data onto rigid disks and can be attached to a port on the system unit. Synonymous with fixed disk drive and hard drive. [. . . ]