Your Computer; Installation - Seagate Medalist Pro 9140 Installation Manual

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Before you format or partition your new drive, you must con-
figure your computer's BIOS so that the computer can recog-
nize your new drive.
1 Turn your computer on. As your computer starts up, watch
the screen for a message describing how to run the sys-
tem setup program (sometimes called BIOS or CMOS
setup). This is usually done by pressing a special key, such
as , , or
DELETE ESC
manual for details. Press the appropriate key to run the
system setup program.
2 Enable LBA mode if it is available. Many BIOS use the logi-
cal block addressing (LBA) mode to access drives with
capacities greater than 528 Mbytes.
3 If your BIOS provides automatic drive detection (an "Auto"
drive type), select this option. This allows your computer
to configure itself automatically for your new drive.
If your BIOS does not provide automatic drive detection,
select "User-defined" drive settings. If your computer
supports LBA addressing, enter the LBA cylinder, head and
sector values for your drive from the table at the top of the
next column. If your computer does not support LBA ad-
dressing, enter the CHS values from the table.
Note. Set the write precomp or landing zone
parameters to zero.
3A. I U
NSTALLATION SING
1 Boot your computer from a bootable DOS diskette (use MS
DOS Version 5.0 or later). Booting from a diskette ensures
that the Disk Manager installation does not conflict with
any terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs.
2 Insert your DiscWizard diskette. The Disk Manager soft-
ware is stored on this diskette.
3 At the DOS prompt, type DM and press
4 Follow the onscreen instructions until you see the Select
an Installation Option menu.
5 Select either (E)asy Disk Installation or (A)dvanced Disk

Installation .

Because DOS computers cannot access partitions larger
than 2.1 Gbytes, Disk Manager may have to divide your
hard drive into multiple partitions. If you select (E)asy Disk
Installation, Disk Manager creates a 2.1-Gbyte partition
and a second partition using the remainder of your hard
disc. However, if most of your files are smaller than 50
Kbytes, you may want to create several smaller partitions
to make more efficient use of your hard disc space. To
create smaller partitions, select (A)dvanced Disk Installation
from the Disk Manager main menu.
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BIOS Settings Cylinders
ST39140A
CHS addressing 16,383
Addressable sectors 17,803,490
ST36530A
LBA addressing 841
CHS addressing 13,456
Addressable sectors 12,715,920
ST34520A
LBA addressing 587
CHS addressing 9,408
Addressable sectors 8,890,560
4 Save the settings and exit the System Setup program
(your computer will automatically reboot).
We recommend that you use Disk Manager to partition and
format your drive, especially if your computer was built
before mid-1994. See Section 3A, "Installation Using Disk
Manager," below. If you do not want to use Disk Manager,
you can use the standard DOS commands to partition and
format your drive, as described in Section 3B.
6 At this point, Disk Manager lists all the hard drives that it
can recognize. You should see your new Seagate drive and
your existing hard drive, if any.
If any hard drive is not recognized, exit Disk Manager and
turn off your computer. Check all cables, jumpers and BIOS
settings. Then start at step 1 to run Disk Manager again.
7 If Disk Manager recognizes all your drives, select the drive
you want to install and press
ENTER
tions and formats the drive. If your new drive is the master
drive (Drive C), Disk Manager also configures the drive so
that you can boot from it.
Note. If your computer cannot accommodate
hard drives with capacities greater than 528
Mbytes, Disk Manager installs a Dynamic
Drive Overlay (DDO) on your hard disc. If this
driver has been installed, you should see a
blue Disk Manager banner each time you boot
your computer. See the Disk Manager online
manual for details.
8 Follow the instructions in the post-installation screens.
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