Western Digital Computer Hard Drive Installation Manual page 19

Consider the following capacity points and dates:
System BIOS Dates BIOS Support Issues
Prior to August 1994 May not support hard drives larger than 528 MB
Prior to February 1996 May not support hard drives larger than 2.1 GB
Prior to January 1998 May not support hard drives larger than 8.4 GB
Prior to June 1999 May not support hard drives larger than 32 GB
To configure your system BIOS:
1. Enter your CMOS setup program (sometimes called the Setup program). Systems vary,
but pressing one of these keys should gain access to your CMOS setup: F1, F2, or Delete.
Refer to your system manual for instructions.
NOTE: During your system boot, a message is typically displayed after the memory count
indicating how to enter Setup. If your system does not respond (locks up) on initial boot,
see "Alternate Jumper Settings" on page 26.
2. Find any IDE Autodetection option that may be present in your BIOS. If given a choice,
select the LBA option and enable it. In some cases, LBA will be an option under IDE
Translation Mode. In other systems, Autodetection is preselected.
3. Enable options such as LBA or Translation Mode available in most current system BIOSs.
If you do not have either option, you must use Data Lifeguard Install to install your new
hard drive, upgrade the system BIOS, or install an ATA controller card with onboard
BIOS that supports the full drive capacity.
NOTE: If your system BIOS does not have an auto config drive type or does not show full
capacity, disable LBA, select User Defined, and enter 1023 cylinders, 16 heads, and 63
sectors for the drive parameters. Selecting User Defined ensures that the Data Lifeguard
Install software will install on your system.
If your system BIOS does not have auto config or User Defined, select Type 9. Selecting
Type 9 ensures that Data Lifeguard Install will install on your system.
Installing the Hard Drive with Windows NT 4.x/2000/XP
The Data Lifeguard Install software is not needed to install your new Western Digital hard
drive under the following operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows
NT 4.0. However, it may be used to determine whether the BIOS of your computer system
will support the full capacity of your new hard drive. Please boot from the Data Lifeguard
Tools diskette and follow the recommendations for BIOS support and, if necessary, proceed
with the installation after upgrading your BIOS.
Install a Single Hard Drive:
1. Boot to Windows XP, 2000, or NT 4.0
2. Follow the directions in the installation prompt.
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