User manual SEAGATE DIAMONDMAX 2880

[. . . ] This document is a condensed version of the full Product Reference Manual. Information that can be found in the ANSI specification is not included in this document to reduce its over all size. This condensed version is created to allow faster downloading from Maxtor's Internet home page and MaxFax services. DiamondMaxTM 2880 91152D8, 91008D7, 90845D6, 90840D6, 90720D5, 90648D5, 90576D4, 90510D4, 90432D3, 90288D2, 90256D2 Part #1390/A All material contained herein Copyright © 1998 Maxtor Corporation. DiamondMaxTM, DiamondMaxTM 1280, DiamondMaxTM 1750, DiamondMaxTM 2160, DiamondMaxTM 2880 and MaxFaxTM are trademarks of Maxtor Corporation. [. . . ] DO NOT use any low-level formatting software on this drive. Handling Precautions Allow the hard drive to reach room temperature BEFORE installing it in your computer system. DO NOT touch the printed circuit board assembly. NEVER drop, jar, or bump the drive. DON'T connect/disconnect any drive cables when the power is on. Tools for Installation The following tools are needed to complete the installation of your Maxtor hard drive: x A small (#2) Phillips head screw driver x Small needle-nose pliers or tweezers x Your computer user's manual x For drive capacities 8. 4 GB or less, a DOS 5. 0 (or higher) or Windows 95 bootable system diskette x For drive capacities greater than 8. 4 GB, a Windows 95 bootable system diskette Capacity Barriers Due to operating system limitations, DOS cannot access the full capacity of drives larger than 8. 4 GB. The Microsoft Windows 95 operating system or equivalent (full installation), NOT a Windows 95 upgrade from DOS (Windows 3. 1 or 3. 11), is required to obtain the full capacity of any hard drive larger than 8. 4 GB. Protecting Your Existing Data Have you backed up your hard disk? Periodic backup of important data is always a good idea. Whenever your computer is on, there is the potential for losing data on your hard drive. This is especially true when running disk utilities or any software that directly manipulates your files. Maxtor recommends that you make a backup copy of the files on any existing hard drives. If required, this data may then be copied to the Maxtor hard drive after it has been installed in your computer. Refer to your computer user's manual for detailed data backup instructions. Capacity Calculations Maxtor defines one megabyte as 106 or one million bytes (1, 000, 000) and one gigabyte as 109 or one billion bytes (1, 000, 000, 000). FDISK, CHKDSK, Windows, BIOS and hard drive manufacturers may show different capacity values for the hard drive as they use different methods and numbering systems to calculate hard drive capacities. The two most common numeric representations of the hard drive capacity are presented in the base 10 (decimal) and base 2 (binary) numbering systems. The formula to calculate the capacity of a drive is: Cylinders * Heads * Sectors * 512 This is a decimal number representing the total number of bytes (characters) that can be stored on the hard drive. To convert this number to binary megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB), this value must be divided by the decimal value of a binary MB or GB. The decimal equivalent of 1 MB (220) is 1, 048, 576 and 1 GB (230) is 1, 073, 741, 824. Example for a 3. 5 GB hard drive: 6, 800 * 16 * 63 * 512 = 3, 509, 452, 800 bytes or 3. 5 GB using 106 or decimal values. The equivalent in binary GB is 3, 509, 452, 800 / 1, 073, 741, 824 = 3, 268 GB. 4 ­ 15 INSTALLATION 2 Hardware, Software and BIOS Requirements System Hardware Requirements Maxtor does not recommend installing drives greater than 8. 4 GB in a 486 (50 MHz or slower), 286, 386 or older systems. Even if an EIDE interface card or drive management software are used the performance and reliability of the drive in older systems cannot be predicted. The minimum system recommended for drives 8. 4 GB and less is a 486 DX 66 MHz system. For drives larger than 8. 4 GB it is suggested that the minimum system be a Pentium class system. BIOS Requirements Most of the systems with newer BIOS; (typically with a date of July 1994 or newer) support large capacity drives. System BIOS dated prior to September 1997 do not provide support for drives greater than 8. 4 GB. To obtain the full capacity of a drive larger than 8. 4 GB either a BIOS upgrade, a BIOS enhancer card or the MaxBlast software (version 9. 06M or newer) will be required to correctly support the drive. Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) In order to utilize the drives UDMA mode it is required that the mother board or interface card have the full UDMA chip set and the UDMA drivers provided by the manufacturer installed on the system. If the mother board or interface card does not have this capability then UDMA will not be available on the drive IMPORTANT ­ Operating System Requirements for Drives Larger than 8. 4 GB Due to limitations, DOS operating systems cannot access the full capacity of drives larger than 8. 4 GB. [. . . ] NOTE: All versions of DOS, PC-DOS, DR-DOS and Windows 95a (FAT 16 support) have a partition size limitation of 2. 1 GB. For drives larger than 2. 1 GB, the drive must be divided into partitions that do not exceed the 2. 1 GB limitation. Windows NT®, OS2®, UNIX®, LINUX and Novell NetWare® should not have this limitation but please refer to their documentation or contact the manufacturer to verify their support or limitations. For detailed operating system installation assistance, refer to the system manufacturers user's manual, the operating system user's manual or contact the manufacturer directly. [. . . ]