A5 Disk Drive Assembly; Partitioning - Agilent Technologies N9039A Service Manual

Assembly Descriptions

A5 Disk Drive Assembly

A5 Disk Drive Assembly

The A5 Disk Drive assembly is located inside of the A4 Processor board assembly.

Partitioning

The A5 Disk Drive assembly has been divided up into four different partitions.
They are:
C This partition contains the operating system and software installed by Agilent.
This is an open system which means you can install additional software, which
should be installed on the C: drive. However, only a limited set of software
applications are tested for use with the instrument software. The installation
and/or use of other software is not warranted, and could interfere with the
operation of the instrument software. If the Agilent Recovery process is ever run,
the original version of the C: drive, as shipped from the factory, will be restored.
The user will need to reload any other software that was previously installed into
the instrument.
Do not save any user data to the partitions, as any data saved in this partition will
be lost if the Agilent Recovery process is run.
D This partition is reserved for data storage. The User Accounts that are
preconfigured by Agilent and their My Documents folder are mapped to the D:
drive. This is for the convenience of backing-up the user data. You should always
back-up the data on the D: drive. This allows you to restore the data if the A5
Disk Drive assembly ever needs to be replaced.
Data saved in this partition will not be lost if the Agilent Recovery process is run.
E This partition is reserved for Agilent's use. The primary use of the E: drive is for
storing of the instrument Calibration and Alignment data. Do not change or
overwrite the files on this drive. This could cause your instrument to not meet
specifications, or even to stop functioning correctly. It is also recommended that
you back up the contents of this drive. This allows you to restore the data if the
A5 Disk Drive assembly ever needs to be replaced, which could otherwise require
that all instrument adjustments be performed.
While data saved in this partition will not be lost if the Agilent Recovery process
is run, do not use this drive for data storage.
In addition, a hidden recovery partition is located on the drive. This partition
contains an image of the C: drive as it was when the instrument was shipped from
the factory. To restore the C: drive using the image stored in this recovery partition
see the section titled "Disk Drive Recovery Process"
"Troubleshooting".
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