Alternate Instructions For Installing A Drive - Western Digital PATA Hard Drive User Manual

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Alternate Instructions for Installing a Drive

Windows 7/Vista
Windows 7 and Vista operating systems have all the necessary
tools to help you properly install a PATA drive. Depending on your
configuration, follow the appropriate set of instructions below
(Single Install or Adding a Second Drive).
Note: Ensure your drive is detected by your PATA controller during
bootup or in the system BIOS by disconnecting any other hard
drives from the computer system until Windows has been
completely installed on the desired hard drive.
Single Install:
If your PATA controller supports RAID, you may need to define your
drive in a RAID Array before Windows can detect the drive, even if
the motherboard or system drivers are being loaded correctly. This
is true even if installing a single drive. Contact your system or RAID
controller manufacturer for assistance on defining your drive in a
RAID Array.
1. Insert the Windows Vista DVD into the DVD-ROM drive and
restart the system.
2. Follow the onscreen prompts until the Where do you want to
install Windows? screen displays.
3. Your hard drive is listed in the center window screen as "Disk 0
Unallocated Space."
–If you want a single partition (single drive letter), click Next to
automatically partition and format your hard drive in NTFS.
Windows Vista continues installing.
–If you want multiple partitions on this hard drive, click Drive
options (advanced) and skip to step 5 below.
–If your hard drive is not detected, you may need to obtain third
party PATA controller drivers from the PATA controller
manufacturer. These drivers must be installed from a CD, DVD,
floppy, or USB flash drive.
4. After clicking Drive options (advanced), click New to add a
new partition to the hard drive.
5. Enter the capacity of the partition and click Apply.
6. Select the Disk 0 Unallocated Space and click New to add
another new partition to the hard drive.
7. Enter the capacity of the partition and click Apply.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until the desired amount of partitions is
obtained, then click Next to continue installing Windows Vista on
the first partition.
Adding a Second Drive:
1. Start Windows Vista and allow the operating system to boot to
the desktop.
Note: Be sure you are logged in as System Administrator.
2. Once Windows has fully booted up, left-click the Start button to
access Disk Management.
3. Right-click Computer.
4. Left-click Manage.
5. When Computer Management opens, click Disk Management.
Important: You may need to initialize the drive or write a
signature to it. Go to support.wdc.com and see Answer ID 3336:
"How to initialize or write a signature to a hard drive in Windows
Vista" for help initializing the drive.
Partitioning/Formatting:
Note: In two separate windows, on the right side of the screen, a
graphical representation of the partitions on the installed hard drives
is displayed. The top window is for viewing a drive's status,
capacity, and file system. The bottom window displays a
representation of the drives in the system beginning with the boot
drive (drive 0). In almost all cases, you will want to work with the
bottom window.
1. Locate the newly installed hard drive and right-click the long
Unallocated banner device listing.
2. Click New Simple Volume from the menu.
3. The New Simple Volume Wizard appears. Click Next to continue.
4. Select the capacity of the first partition you want on this hard
drive. If you want a single partition (single drive letter), leave the
capacity the default value and click Next.
5. You may assign a drive letter that is not already in use by other
devices, then click Next to continue.
6. Leave the allocation unit size at default and label the drive as
desired. Select Perform a quick format and then click Next to
continue.
7. Click Finish when done.
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