User manual MAXTOR BARRACUDA 7200.10 PATA INSTALLATION REV A 2-2006

[. . . ] Align pin 1 on the motherboard connector with pin 1 on your drive connector. Pin 1 is marked by a stripe on one side of the cable. Secure the drive using four 6-32 UNC mounting screws in either the side-mounting or bottom-mounting holes. Insert the screws no more than 0. 20 inches (5. 08 mm) into the bottom-mounting holes and no more than 0. 14 inches (3. 55 mm) into the side-mounting holes. [. . . ] Select the drive you want to install in the left panel. Be sure to select the correct disc before erasing the drive. Click on Erase and then select a volume format (Mac OS Extended is a commonly-used format), type a name of your choice in the Name field, and click on Erase again. Confirm your intentions by clicking Erase once more to begin formatting the drive. Installing the drive in Windows XP or Windows 2000 systems DiscWizardTM, available exclusively from Seagate®, provides you with customized installation instructions for your hard drive. You can get this free disc drive installation software from our web site at www. seagate. com/support or run the program directly from your web browser. To run DiscWizard: Follow the instructions on the download page at www. seagate. com to create a diskette and complete the installation. If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions on this installation sheet to install and configure your drive. Preparing the drive using DiscWizard Installing a single drive If you are installing a single drive, use DiscWizard to automatically partition and format your drive. DiscWizard software is available at www. seagate. com and is free. During the download, the Diskette Creator creates a portable bootable diskette. Insert your bootable DiscWizard diskette and follow the instructions. DiscWizard will guide you through the installation process. Boot your computer from the Windows operating system CD or from your system startup diskette with the Windows CD loaded. Follow the instructions provided on your screen. Installing a slave drive If you are installing a second drive, or slave, to your system, use DiscWizard software available at www. seagate. com. If you do not want to install your drive using DiscWizard, see "Standard Microsoft Installation" below to partition and format your drive. 5. Why won't the drive format to full capacity?Verify that your BIOS has autodetect and LBA mode enabled. Otherwise, you may need to use DiskWizard to achieve the full capacity of your drive. Download the latest version from www. seagate. com or find it on your CD. Additional information is provided at: support. seagate. com. Verify that your system is ATA/100 compatible with the UDMA mode setting. Some legacy BIOS cause hangs on startup if it is not ATA/100 compatible. [. . . ] If your drive does not spin, check that the power connector and interface cable are securely attached and the jumpers are installed correctly. Verify that the drive is enabled in the system CMOS or setup program. If not, select the autodetect option and enable it. If your drive has a problem, it may not be recognized by the system. [. . . ]