User manual HITACHI DESKSTAR 37GP DETAILED INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] IBM Deskstar 3. 5 inch ATA/IDE hard disk drive Installation and reference manual Technical support Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions sections are provided in the Appendix of this manual to aid you in the installation of your IBM Deskstar. If the answer to your installation question is not found in this manual, call technical support. Before calling, please gather as much of the following information as possible: · · · · · · · · · · · 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 Motherboard manufacturer Chipset manufacturer Adapter card manufacturer Other devices in systems Bus/cable layout (location of device, which device is at the end) Applications used (if relevant) In North America Web www. ibm. com/harddrive Voice 888. IBM. 5214 or 507. 286. 5825 Fax 507. 253. DRIVE e-mail drive@us. ibm. com In the United Kingdom Voice 44. 1475. 898. 125 e-mail drive@uk. ibm. com In Singapore Voice 65. 1800. 840. 9292 or 65. 840. 9292 e-mail drive@sg. ibm. com In Germany Voice 49. 7032. 153050 e-mail drive@de. ibm. com i ii IBM Deskstar 3. 5 inch ATA/IDE hard disk drive Installation and reference manual International Business Machines Corporation provides this publication "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Some states do not allow disclaimers of express or implied warranties in certain transactions. [. . . ] If you do not perform the floppy boot process below your drive's capacity and partitions will be unavailable. Boot your system to the hard drive to load EZ-BIOS in memory. EZ-BIOS displays this message: EZ-BIOS: Initializing. . . EZ-BIOS: Hold the CTRL key down for Status Screen or to boot from floppy. . . Press the CTRL key. Insert the boot diskette and press A to boot from a floppy. 36 Add a new Master drive, install old Master as Slave and copy The following steps replace your existing Primary Master with your IBM Deskstar, install your existing drive as Primary Slave, and copy files from the Primary Slave to the Primary Master. Begin the hardware install · Turn off your computer system. · Remove cover as instructed by your computer system manual. · Discharge static electricity by touching an unpainted metal surface on your computer chassis with one hand. Remain in contact with the chassis and the bag for at least two seconds. · Note mounting position of existing drives and cables. · If replacing a cable with a 40 pin, 80 conductor ATA/IDE cable, remove it now. Configure the jumper settings · Remove the drive from its ESD bag. · Record the serial number, part number, and model number in the spaces provided in the Appendix for future reference. Note: Placement of model, part, and serial numbers may vary. 37 · · Leave the IBM Deskstar jumpers as set. The jumpers are factory set to Master, 16 heads. Set the jumpers on the existing drive for Slave. Refer to the existing drive label or manual for jumper settings. You may need to remove the existing drive to change the jumpers. Note: The IBM Deskstar has an option jumper block located next to the interface connector. Setting these jumpers allows you to use the different options of the hard disk drive. See the "Jumpers" section of the Appendix for jumper setting descriptions. Attach the cables Note: With some system chassis, it may be more convenient to attach the cable after the drive is mounted. The order of the following steps may change depending upon your system. 38 Note: The 40 pin, 80 conductor ATA/IDE cable provided with the IBM Deskstar is color coded for the Master, Slave, and system connectors. The Master connector is black, the Slave connector is gray, and the system connector is blue. · · To use the provided ATA/IDE cable, remove the existing cable from the primary ATA/IDE connector of your motherboard or controller card. [. . . ] Parameters Parameters (also known as geometry) are the cylinder, head, and sector values for defining the capacity of a hard disk drive. Partition A partition is a portion of a hard drive allocated to a particular file system and accessed as a single logical volume or drive letter. To partition a drive is to allocate an area to a drive letter or logical volume. PIO (Programmed input/output) PIO is a data transfer protocol using the processor to transfer the data from a hard disk drive to memory. [. . . ]