Required Tools; About Serial Ata; Back Up Your Data; Installing The Drive In A Macintosh - Maxtor SERIAL ATA HARD DRIVE Installation Manual

About Serial ATA

Serial ATA (SATA) technology offers you the following benefits:
• World's fastest ATA interface
• Ideal for high-performance RAID
• Thin, easy-plug cables for improved airflow
• Simple, no-jumper installation
Unlike standard ATA drives, Serial ATA drives do not require the use of
jumpers to configure the drive.
Visit www.maxtor.com and click on Worldwide Support for the latest
SATA information and software updates.

Back Up Your Data

Protect your data by backing up existing hard drives before installing
your new Maxtor hard drive.

Installing the Drive in a Macintosh

For detailed information on mounting an internal drive in your
Macintosh, go to www.apple.com/support. Once you have
mounted the drive, you can format (initialize) and partition the
drive using the Apple's Drive Setup utility (for Mac OS 8.6 or
higher) or Disk Utility (for Mac OS X). Note that on all beige
Power Mac G3 systems (Desktop, Minitower, All-In-One), Mac
OS X can only be installed in a partition that is within the first
8 GB of the drive.
3 Introduction
System User Manual
Operating System
CD and Boot Disk
Philips Screwdriver
Small Needle-Nose Pliers
Figure 2

Required Tools