User manual MAXTOR ATA HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] ATA HARD DRIVE Installation Guide P/N: 20255400 FCC Declaration of Conformance This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation. Contents Warranty Registration Information . 26 Warranty Registration Information Before installing the hard drive, please write down the 8 character serial number and the 14 digit part number information. If you ever need to contact Maxtor Support, you must provide this information about your hard drive prior to assistance. [. . . ] See "Installing an Additional Storage Drive or Replacement Boot Drive (Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP)" on page 20. · Existing system with original boot drive and you want to use your new hard drive as additional storage only. See "Installing an Additional Storage Drive or Replacement Boot Drive (Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP)" on page 20. 3 Formatting the Hard Drive 15 Installing a New Boot Drive (Windows 98, Me) This section provides instructions for installing the hard drive in a new system as the boot drive or for replacing a failed boot drive in an existing system using the DOS version of MaxBlast. If your existing Windows boot drive is working properly, Maxtor recommends using the Windows version of MaxBlast instead. 3 1. When MaxBlast asks if you would like to prepare the drive for use in your system, click Yes. Select your operating system, then choose easy installation and allow MaxBlast to partition and format the drive using the standard partitions option. Your hard drive is automatically partitioned to the largest capacity by default. The hard drive is assigned a single drive letter if installing Windows 98 or newer operating system. When finished partitioning and formatting the hard drive, eject all CDs or floppy disks and restart the system. To boot from the MaxBlast CD, you may need to change the boot sequence or boot order settings in your system BIOS to "Floppy > CDROM > IDE-0" or "A, CDROM, C. " Depending on your BIOS type (AMI, Award, Phoenix), the boot sequence settings may be located on the main setup screen or under the BIOS FEATURES SETUP or ADVANCED CMOS SETUP menus. If your system cannot boot from a CD, you can create a bootable MaxBlast diskette by inserting the MaxBlast CD into a system running Windows and choosing Create MaxBlast Installation Diskette from the menu. If you have dual optical (CD/DVD) drives, try booting from the other optical drive. The DOS version of MaxBlast does not currently support USB mouse or keyboard input unless supported by your system BIOS. If you have a USB keyboard and/or mouse, you may need to connect a PS/2 mouse or keyboard to your system temporarily to navigate through the program. MaxBlast for DOS can be operated from the keyboard using the Tab, Enter/Return, and arrow keys. 16 Formatting the Hard Drive 5. If your system boots to a message: No OS found Insert the OS setup disk, then press any key. If your system boots to a blue banner: (Figure 13) Press the spacebar, insert your Windows boot diskette, and press the spacebar again. Press spacebar to boot from diskette or Press C to boot from CD-ROM Figure 13 Maxtor Banner 3 6. Select the option to start the computer with CD-ROM support so that Windows Setup can access the CD-ROM drive. After the system boot disk finishes loading, you should see the A:\ prompt. Above the prompt, you should also see a line saying Drive X: = Driver MSCD001 unit 0 where X is the drive letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive. Depending on how many devices are connected to the ATA/IDE cables, the assigned CD-ROM drive letter could be D, E, F, etc. Note the CD-ROM drive letter, and insert your Windows CD in the CD-ROM drive. At the A:\ prompt, type X: (where X is the CD-ROM drive letter) and press Enter. [. . . ] Other Chipsets: Some motherboards and PCI ATA cards equipped with VIA, SiS, ALi, HighPoint, and Promise chipsets may have drivers or updates that will allow you to access the full capacity of a drive larger than 137 GB, so contact your chipset, system, or motherboard manufacturer to see if they have drivers available for your operating system. If not, Maxtor recommends purchasing a Maxtor Ultra ATA/ 133 PCI Card or Maxtor SATA/150 PCI Card from www. maxstore. com or your local computer retailer. 24 Formatting the Hard Drive Getting Help This sections provides troubleshooting tips and answers frequently asked questions about hard drive installation. The online Maxtor Knowledge Base contains a wealth of information on hard drive installation and troubleshooting. To access the Maxtor Knowledge Base, go to www. maxtor. com and click on Worldwide Support. [. . . ]