User manual WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] Western Digital EIDE Hard Drive Installation Guide Western Digital EIDE Hard Drive Installation Guide Information furnished by Western Digital is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by Western Digital for its use; nor for any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of Western Digital. Western Digital reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice. [. . . ] Choose the steps according to your operating system. Caution: Formatting a drive past the 137 GB barrier on a system that does not meet the requirements below will result in data loss. Windows Me and 98SE Recommended Solution: If your system does not support 48-bit Logical Block Addressing (LBA), Western Digital recommends installing an Ultra ATA controller card to access the full capacity of your hard drive greater than 137 GB. Make sure that your system BIOS supports the card and that its drivers have been properly installed prior to connecting the hard drive. You can purchase an Ultra ATA/100 PCI controller card at the Western Digital Online store at store. wdc. com or your local computer retailer. Alternate Solution: Intel® offers drivers for certain chipsets which provide BIOS support for the full capacity of drives larger than 137 GB. Contact your motherboard or system manufacturer for compatibility and installation instructions. Download and install the latest Service Pack (SP) updates to your operating system from Microsoft at windowsupdate. microsoft. com. The following versions natively support drives larger than 137 GB: Windows XP, SP1 or higher !Insert the Data Lifeguard Tools CD into your CD-ROM drive. a) If using the DOS version, restart the computer and boot from the CD. b) If using the Windows version, the CD autoruns on your desktop. Select Run Data Lifeguard Installation Software from the setup menu. From the main menu, click on Set Up Your Hard Drive from the list of available options. Data Lifeguard will take a moment and scan for all of your system devices. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11. 0 - 17 WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE 5. Select the drive that you want to format or partition and click Next. The following message will appear warning you that the drive you are setting up is larger than 137 GB. To create customized partitions, select the box to change advanced setup options and check Custom Partition. If Data Lifeguard Tools has detected Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000 SP3, Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) will automatically be selected and installed in the next step. DDO is a device driver that overcomes your system's BIOS limitations to achieve full drive capacity. After Data Lifeguard Tools displays the steps completed, click Done to exit the software and begin using your new drive. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11. 0 - 18 WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE Drive-to-Drive Copy Utility The Drive-to-Drive Copy utility enables you to copy files from one drive to another. This feature is useful if you wish to replace your existing bootable hard drive with a newer, faster hard drive. [. . . ] IMPORTANT: If your Product was originally purchased as a component integrated within a system by a system manufacturer, no limited warranty is provided by WD. Contact the place of purchase or the system manufacturer directly for warranty service. Return Material Authorization No Product may be returned directly to WD without first contacting WD for a Return Material Authorization (RMA) number. An RMA number may be obtained from our online support Web site at support. wdc. com. one for which an RMA number has not been issued, will be returned to you at your expense. [. . . ]