User manual MAXTOR ST38421A INSTALLATION REV B 2-1999

[. . . ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST38421A Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ST36421A, ST34311A, ST38421A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ultra ATA Interface Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . © 1999 Seagate Technology, Inc. B, February 1999 Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Seagate logo, are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. [. . . ] Boot the computer from the hard disc (with no diskette in the diskette drive). When the Disk Manager banner appears on the screen, immediately press the SPACEBAR (you have about 2 seconds). Insert your boot diskette and press the SPACEBAR again. If you boot from a diskette regularly, you can create a Dynamic Drive Overlay boot diskette. It loads DDO into memory and then loads the operating system. See the Disk Manager online manual for more information about creating a dynamic drive overlay boot diskette. 20 ST38421A Family Installation Guide, Rev. B Supported operating systems The Disk Manager dynamic drive overlay provides support for drives 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 (Warp full pack), and OS/2 V2. 0­3. 0 (requires DM upgrade drivers). Before you install a non-DOS operating system on the drive, install DOS and Disk Manager and make sure that the drive is bootable. Instructions for running the dynamic drive overlay with other operating systems are available in the Disk Manager online manual. Removing the Dynamic Drive Overlay If Disk Manager installs a dynamic drive overlay (DDO) and you do not need this software to access the full capacity of your drive, you can remove the dynamic drive overlay without losing your data. However, if you do not have another method for accessing high-capacity drives, you will lose access to the full capacity of your drive (see "Addressing drive-capacity limitations" on page 11). Before you attempt to remove a DDO, make a backup copy of all the data on your hard drive. Also, run CHKDSK, SCANDISK or a third-party equivalent to detect and repair any damaged files before you follow the procedure on page 21. ! Caution. If the DDO migration program encounters a serious file problem or is interrupted by a power loss or hardware failure, the migration will fail and your data will be lost. ST38421A Family Installation Guide, Rev. B Follow these instructions to remove a DDO from a drive. Insert your DiscWizard diskette into drive A. Select the Select Installation Options Menu. 21 Select (M)aintenance Menu. This program moves the data on your drive so that it can be accessed without the DDO. The migration may take up to an hour to complete, depending on the size of your drive. When the migration program has finished, exit Disk Manager. Remove the diskette and reboot the computer. Enter your system setup program (see your system manual for details). Configure the hard drive with the Cylinder/Head/Sector parameters. [. . . ] Back up the data on your drive before shipping the drive. Seagate assumes no responsibility for data lost during shipping or drive repair. Foam Antistatic bag Drive Foam Foam Figure 6. Seagate drive and approved packing materials 36 ST38421A Family Installation Guide, Rev. B Warranty See your authorized Seagate distributor or dealer. [. . . ]