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Formatting the drive
Warning. Formatting a drive erases all user data. Be sure that
you understand this principle before formatting any
hard disc drive. It is not necessary to format a drive
that previously has been used to store data, unless
your intention is to erase all user data.
Note. Seagate is not responsible for lost user data.
1.
Turn on DC power.
2.
Boot the system from a system floppy disc or from a previ-
ously installed hard disc drive if there is one.
3.
Format the disc drive. Cheetah 18 disc drives are designed
to operate with a variety of operating systems. Please refer
to your system or SCSI controller manual for information
about formatting and setting up the drive. Some quick desk-
top system notes are provided below.
Quick reference desktop system notes
• Hardware platform, operating system, and host adapter varia-
tions can limit access to the full capacity of this and other high
capacity drives. Refer to your system or utility manual for
detailed instructions.
• DOS/Windows 3.1/Windows 95. Set the drive type in CMOS to
" Zero," "None," or " No hard drive installed ." Use FDISK.EXE
and FORMAT.EXE.
• Macintosh. Use a third-party drive utility or Apple's Drive Setup
(version 1.3.1 or later) to initialize the drive. Note: versions of
Apple Drive Setup prior to version 1.3.1 do not recognize non-
Apple drives.
Cheetah 18 Installation Guide, Rev. A
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