Controller Information; Backup & Restore; Utilities; Drive Copy - IBM Ultrastar 18ZX Installation Manual

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CONTROLLER INFORMATION

An Adaptec controller was used in the examples in this guide. You may have a chipset embedded into
your motherboard. Simply plug the cable into the port on the motherboard instead of onto the controller
as stated above. If you are purchasing an add-on controller card, you will need to install the controller into
one of the empty slots in your computer. Simply remove the screw holding the metal plate intact, insert
the controller into the PCI, EISA or ISA slot on the motherboard, making sure that the metal plate from
the controller fits into the grooves allotted on the computer frame. Replace the screw and proceed by
connecting the SCSI cables to the controller and then to the hard drive. If you have any questions, refer
to the installation manual that came with your controller.
BACKUP & RESTORE
One of the most common methods of backup is tape backup. Tape drives are available from IBM and
other major manufacturers. This method is preferred for overnight backups that run while your business
is closed or while you sleep.
Another method of backup is a removable drive. There are several brands of removable drives.
IOMEGA is one manufacturer. They manufacture the ZIP drive which is very popular and also the JAZ
drive. These drives can be used simply for backup and hooked up and removed at any time with very
little trouble. This is the preferred way to backup and restore when attaching new peripherals to your
current setup.
DOS has a "Backup and Restore" command. To backup critical files (files that you do not want to lose)
from the directory your files are in type: backup. This will prompt you to add more diskettes as
necessary. In case of a failure, you will simply need to insert the first of your backup diskettes and type:
restore.

UTILITIES

Your Ultrastar drive comes low-level formatted and free of defects. NOTE: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
LOW-LEVEL FORMAT YOUR ULTRASTAR DRIVE. In the rare case where data needs to be removed
from the drive, there are 2 utilities available from the HDDTech FTP site at:
http://index.storsys.ibm.com/hddtech
.
ZAP
Zap is a utility that will 'zap' your boot sector by writing 0's to the first 128 sectors of your drive.
WIPE
Wipe goes one step further and writes 0's to the entire drive.
These utilities should be sufficient to return your drive to factory shipped condition.

DRIVE COPY

If you are replacing an older smaller capacity hard drive with the Ultrastar drive, you may want to copy all
your files from the smaller drive to the new drive. There are several software programs available that
copy one drive to another.
Power Quest (www.powerquest.com/product/dc.index.html) Drive Copy 2.0. Supports all operating
systems, has mouse support, selective partitioning, selective sector copying, and automatically creates a
new DOS reboot disk. Not limited by drive size.
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