Western Digital WD Caviar Installation Manual page 37

Q7: I can't boot DOS from my newly installed hard drive or access
the hard drive after I used Fdisk and Format to set up my drive.
A: Check the system to ensure that:
1. You correctly partitioned (via the Fdisk utility) and formatted
(via the Format utility) the new hard drive.
2. You made your primary drive bootable (formatted with /S
option).
3. You marked your bootable partition active in Fdisk if you
created multiple partitions.
Q8: My drive will not spin up or it spins down after a few seconds.
A: Ensure that:
1. Your power connector is securely fastened and working
properly.
2. The orientation of pin socket 1 on the 40-pin IDE interface
cable matches pin 1 on the connector.
Q9: I have a 2.5 GB or larger drive with Windows 3.1 or
Windows 95 installed. Can I create one partition only?
A: No. DOS and Windows have a 2.1 GB partition limitation.
You must use at least two partitions to access the full capacity of
your drive. Refer to Question 12.
Q10: I transferred files from my old drive to my new larger drive,
and the same files seem to take up much more space. Why?
A: If your drive has only one partition, the larger cluster size
may be wasting some of your disk space. Refer to Question 12.
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