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USING DISCWIZARD
DiscWizard is a revolutionary new Windows program that
makes it easy to install your new Seagate drive. DiscWizard
MEDALISTPROHARD DRIVE
helps you configure your new drive and your computer. It ana-
INSTALLATION GUIDE
lyzes your system, lets you select various installation options
and creates customized step-by-step instructions. It also al-
lows older computers to access the full capacity of your drive.
Medalist Pro 6450 (ST36450A)
You can run DiscWizard to install
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WHAT YOU WILL NEED HANDLE WITH CARE! • Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers Disc drives are extremely fragile. Do not drop or jar your drive. • Drive mounting screws • An ATA host adapter and interface cable (max. length: 18 inches) with enough connectors for all your drives Keep the drive in its antistatic bag until you are ready • An unused drive power cable for your new drive to install it. • A bootable DOS system diskette (Seagate recommends using DOS Version 5.0 or later.) • If you are m
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2. CONFIGURING YOUR COMPUTER BIOS Settings for the ST36450A and ST36451A Before you format or partition your new drive, you must con- figure your computer’s BIOS so that the computer can recog- Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors nize your new drive. ST36450A 1 Turn your computer on. As your computer starts up, watch LBA addressing 833 240 6 3 the screen for a message describing how to run the sys- CHS addressing 13,328 1 5 6 3 tem setup program (sometimes called BIOS or CMOS ST36451A setup). This is
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ADDRESSING DRIVE-CAPACITY LIMITATIONS Partition-size limit: DOS/Windows and Windows 95 can- Some DOS-based computers and operating systems are not not access drive partitions larger than 2.147 Gbytes. You designed to accommodate large hard disc drives. The three can overcome this limitation using the Disk Manager most common system limitations are listed below, along with software or the DOS FDISK command to divide your methods for overcoming these limitations. See your system drive into severa
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Cable Select Jumper Basic Troubleshooting Some computers differentiate between master and slave drives using If you have installed your drive and it does not function properly, perform specially designed interface cables that have the line to pin 28 (the Cable the following basic checks: Select pin) removed or cut at one connector. The connector that has pin 28 disabled is used for the slave drive. See your computer manual to determine whether your computer supports this feature. To configure Wa
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video card and host adapter. If the computer recognizes the drive when you reboot the computer, turn off the computer. Reinstall the other peripheral cards, one at a time, until the conflict reoccurs. After you If you need assistance installing your drive, consult your dealer. Dealers have isolated the source of the address conflict, you can resolve the are familiar with their unique system configurations and can help you conflict by changing the I/O address of the peripheral that appears to wit
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Supported Operating Systems shown below. This enables the alternate capacity option that causes the drive to appear to your BIOS as having a 2.1-Gbyte capacity. The Disk Manager dynamic drive overlay provides support for drives that have capacities greater than 528 Mbytes under MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, Window NT 3.50 (requires DM upgrade drivers), OS/2 V3.0 (Warp full pack), and OS/2 V2.0–3.0 (requires DM upgrade drivers). Disk Manager does not support 32-bit FAT in Wind
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py p p Hong Kong 852-2368 7173 USA 408-944-9120 by the BIOS. Direct-Support Services Caution. If you change the drive-type values in the ! system setup program, you must partition and Seagate Technical Support format the drive again. This erases data on the drive. For one-on-one help, you can talk to a technical support specialist during local business hours. Before calling, note your system configuration and If you have partitioned the drive into individual logical drives, you may • drive mode
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pin 1 USING DISCWIZARD WHAT YOU WILL NEED HANDLE WITH CARE! DiscWizard is a revolutionary new Windows program that • Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers Disc drives are extremely fragile. Do not drop or jar makes it easy to install your new Seagate drive. DiscWizard MEDALISTPROHARD DRIVE your drive. • Drive mounting screws helps you configure your new drive and your computer. It ana- INSTALLATION GUIDE • An ATA host adapter and interface cable (max. length: lyzes your system, lets you se
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video card and host adapter. If the computer recognizes the drive when you reboot the computer, turn off the computer. Reinstall the Cable Select Jumper other peripheral cards, one at a time, until the conflict reoccurs. After you Basic Troubleshooting If you need assistance installing your drive, consult your dealer. Dealers have isolated the source of the address conflict, you can resolve the Some computers differentiate between master and slave drives using are familiar with their unique syst
