Manual Western Digital Computer Hard Drive

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    W estern Digital Hard Drive Installation Guide ...

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    W estern Digital EIDE Hard Drive In s t a l l a t i o n Gu i d e Inform at i on furnished b y Western Digit al is bel ieved to be ac cu rate and reli abl e. Howeve r , no re sp onsibility is ass umed by West ern Dig ita l f or its us e; nor f or an y i nf rin gem ent of p at en ts or ot he r r igh ts of th ird par ti es w hi ch m ay r esu lt fro m ...

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS - i T able of Contents 1 Before Getting Started Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Gather These Mat erials and Tool s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Unpacking and Ha ndling Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    T ABL E OF CONT ENTS - ii Using Data Lifeguar d BIOS Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Data Lifeguar d Ultra ATA Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using Data Lifeguar d Ultra ATA Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 23 Install the Hard Drive in a Macintosh System 24 Troub ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIV E BEFOR E GETTING ST ARTED - 1 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Before G etting S tar ted Thank you for purch asing a W es tern Digit al hard driv e. This instal lation manual pr ovides instruct ional steps a nd correspo nding illus trations to ma ke the install ation process of your new har d driv e as quick and easy as p ossible ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE BEFOR E GETTING ST ARTED - 2 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Record Y our Hard Drive Information In the table that follows, write down the serial numbe r , model number , and date code li sted on your new W e stern Digit al hard drive. The co mplete serial number , model number , and date code a re on the l arge label at the top ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE WI TH OUT A CONTROLLE R CARD - 3 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Install the Har d Driv e without a Contr oller Card Determ ine Appro priat e Drive Confi gurat ion The default jumper sett ing for W estern Digit al hard driv es is Cable Select (CSEL). H owe ver , not all co mputer systems and motherboar ds ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE WI TH OUT A CONTROLLE R CARD - 4 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Cable Select Configuration Cable Sel ect requires a special cable (included in your kit). If your system suppo r ts Cable Select, there is n o need to r eposition t he jumper shun t on the drive. I f you are installing y our new W estern Di g ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE WI TH OUT A CONTROLLE R CARD - 5 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Insta ll t he Hard Dr ive 1. Connect the IDE Interface Cable to the Hard Drive(s). a) I f installing t he har d drive as the o nly drive on the cable: Connect t he black conn ector of the IDE interface cable to t he drive. b) I f installing t ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE WI TH OUT A CONTROLLE R CARD - 6 INST ALLA TION GUIDE 4. Secure the Hard Drive: a) If secu ring t he hard drive in a 3.5-inch drive bay , Secur e th e W estern Dig ital ha r d drive in a n av ai la ble driv e bay (ty pica ll y adjace nt to the floppy disk driv e) using the four mounting screws p ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE WIT H A CONTR OLLER CARD - 7 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Install the Har d Driv e with a Controller Car d Set the Jump ers The default setting fo r your new W estern Digital har d drive is Cable S elect (CSEL), which require s a special cable (included in your kit). Ho wever , the Ultra A T A controlle ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE WIT H A CONTR OLLER CARD - 8 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Install the Cont roller Card The W estern Digital U ltra A T A controller card fi ts into any available 32-bit PCI (must be PCI 2.1 or 2.2 compli ant) expansion slot on your system motherboard. 1. T urn off the computer , unplug the po wer cord f ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE WIT H A CONTR OLLER CARD - 9 INST ALLA TION GUIDE 1. Connect the IDE Interface Cable to Hard Drive(s): a) I f installing t he har d drive as th e only devic e on the cable, Connect the black connect or of the IDE interface cable to the drive and co nnect the blue end of the IDE interface cable t ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE WI TH A CONTRO LLER CA RD - 10 INST ALLA TION GUIDE b) I f securing the hard driv e in a 5.25-inch drive bay , Y ou will first need to install 5.25-inch mo unting hardwar e in order to pro perly mount th e hard d riv e. If yo u d o not have mo unti ng b rac ket s co nt act your syst em ma nu fac ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE WI TH A CONTRO LLER CA RD - 11 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Insta ll t he Ultra A T A Driv e rs Driver installation instructions will vary depending on your operating sy s tem, whethe r the operat ing system is already in stalled or is a new instal l. Locate the ap propriate proc edure for your own op e ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE WI TH A CONTRO LLER CA RD - 12 INST ALLA TION GUIDE III. New Install - Windows NT 4.x/2000/XP 1. Choose from the follo wing media typ es to install Windo ws. a) Flo p p y In s t al l : Boot the compute r with the W indows i nstallation diskettes. b) Floppy-less I nst all : Boot from the diskette ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE WI TH A CONTRO LLER CA RD - 13 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Set Up and Copy Files NO TE : This section appl ies only if you ha ve an existing ha rd drive connected to y our computer . 1. P ower down the syste m and disconnect the pow er cord. 2. Disc onnect the old dri ve and old IDE interface cable fro ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE DATA LIF EGUARD INSTA LL SOFTWARE - 14 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Data Lifeguard I nstall Software The Data Lifeguard Install software included on the D ata Lifeguard T ools diskette that ships with your W estern Digita l hard driv e ser ves to: ! Copy the co ntents of an e x istin g hard drive onto your new ha rd drive. ! ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE DATA LIF EGUARD INSTA LL SOFTWARE - 15 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Conside r the followi ng capacity p oints and date s: T o configure your system BIOS: 1. Enter your CMO S setup program (some times called the S etup program ). Systems vary , but pres sing o ne of th ese ke ys shou ld ga in acces s to y our CMO S set up: F1 ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE DATA LIF EGUARD INSTA LL SOFTWARE - 16 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Install an Additional Hard Drive in Windows: Wi n d ow s X P 1. Click the S tart button and po int to Control P anel > P erformance and Maintenance > Administrativ e T ools . 2. Double-cli ck on the Computer M anagement ico n and s elect D isk Ma na g e ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE DATA LIF EGUARD INSTA LL SOFTWARE - 17 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Using D ata Lifeguard I nstal l Software F ollow t he steps outlined be low to set up y our hard driv e. 1. Insert the Data Lifeguar d T ools di skette into your floppy disk drive . 2. Reboot or po wer on the system. 3. The Data Lifeguar d T ools main menu di ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE DATA LIF EGUARD INSTA LL SOFTWARE - 18 INST ALLA TION GUIDE B. Drive to Drive Copy 1. Select the D rive to Dr ive Copy from the main menu and click Next to proceed. 2. Select fr om two methods of copy on the de stination drive with either Entir e Dr ive or Selective P artition . Click N ext . 3. Select the source driv ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE DATA LI FEGUARD T OOLS - 19 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Data Lifeguar d T ools W estern D igi tal pro vides a set of ha r d drive ut ili ties ca lle d Da ta Life guar d T oo ls to ass is t with hard drive installa tion, drive mana gement, and re pair . This section contains information o n these programs: ! Data Lifeguard Di ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE DATA LI FEGUARD T OOLS - 20 INST ALLA TION GUIDE 5. F rom the D iagnostics menu, choose Sele ct D r ive and View S tatus to display a list of all drives install ed and the curre nt status of each driv e. T est each drive separa tely . NO TE : Code 0202 indicates the d riv e has not y et been t ested. All drive s displ ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE DATA LI FEGUARD T OOLS - 21 INST ALLA TION GUIDE F ollow t he instructions that r elate to y our status message. Click Ent er to return to D ata Lifeguar d D iagnostics main menu. 9. T o close, select Quit from the main menu. A mess age di sp lays pro mpt ing y ou to res et t he system to rei nitialize the BIOS and ha ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE DATA LI FEGUARD T OOLS - 22 INST ALLA TION GUIDE 2. Reboot or po wer on the system. Do no t run Data Lifeguard Ul tra A T A Management while t he Windo ws opera ting system is active. 3. The Data Lifeguar d T ool s W elcome scr een displays. Click Data Lifeguar d U tilities to continue. 4. After the Da ta Lifeguar d m ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE INSTALL THE HARD DRIV E IN A MACIN TOSH SY STEM - 23 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Install the H ar d Driv e in a Macintosh S ystem Y ou can install two IDE /A T A hard drive s on the same ca ble with the M aster/Slav e jumper configuratio n in the follo wing Macin tosh systems: ! P ower M a c G4 and higher ! P ower M ac G3 (b ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE T ROUBLES HOOTING - 24 INST ALLA TION GUIDE T roubles hooting This section contains information o n the following topi cs : ! Operati ng Syste m and Sy stem BIOS L imitations ! Hard Drive Formattin g Issues ! Alternat e J umper S ettings ! F requen tly Asked Q uestions ! N on W est ern Digi tal S upport I nforma tion ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE T ROUBLES HOOTING - 25 INST ALLA TION GUIDE 2. U se the Data Lifeguard I nstall software to access the full capacity of the har d drive with these ju mper setting s. T o run D ata Lifeguar d Install: - Insert the D ata Lifeguar d T o ols diskette int o your floppy disk drive . - Boot your system and use the Data Lifeg ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE T ROUBLES HOOTING - 26 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Hard Drive Formatt ing Issues wi th Windows 95/ 98/Me F or 32 GB drives and higher , several lim itations with the Window s operating sys tem programs have been identified a nd confirmed by M icrosoft. Windows Me Windows Mill ennium may e xhib it the fo llowi ng prob lem: ! ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE T ROUBLES HOOTING - 27 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Frequently Aske d Questions This sect ion cont ains answers to common ha rd drive installat ion questi ons by our custom ers. T o search th e W estern Di gital techn ical support kno wledgebase fo r our complete list of frequentl y asked questions , visit our product su ppor ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE T ROUBLES HOOTING - 28 INST ALLA TION GUIDE ! The A uto-Detect featur e in the BIOS does not det ect a drive. ! FDISK does no t r ep ort a dri ve pr esent ev e n if the driv e's parame ters ar e en ter ed manuall y . In these cases, refer to our product suppo rt W eb site a t support.w dc.com to obta in a R MA (R ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE T ROUBLES HOOTING - 29 INST ALLA TION GUIDE W estern Di gital Service an d Support If you need additional informatio n or help durin g installati on or normal u se of this pr oduct, visit our pro duc t supp or t W e b sit e at support.w dc.com and send an emai l to W estern Digital T e chnical S u pport. Y ou may also ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE APPENDIX - 30 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Ap pe n di x Regul ato ry Comp lia nce This appendix contains informat ion on the following topic s: ! Agency Appro vals ! Radi o F reque ncy Inter fe rence Stateme nt ! W arranty Information Agency Approvals W estern D igital har d drives meet th e standar ds of the fo llowing r egu ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE APPENDIX - 31 INST ALLA TION GUIDE CSA Notice Le pr ent appar eil numérique n'émet pas de bruits radioé lectriques dé passant les limites applicabl es aux appar eils numéri ques de la clas se B préscrites da ns le Règlemen t sur le brouillage radioélectrique é dicté par le minis tère des Commun ication ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE APPENDIX - 32 INST ALLA TION GUIDE Other Warranty Limit ations F or further importa nt information on limitations on WD's warranty , see belo w and visit our product suppo rt W eb site at support.wdc.com and cli ck on W arranty P olicy . Disclaimer of Warranties Ther e are no warranties which extend beyond the fa ...

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    WESTER N DIG I T AL HARD DRIVE APPENDIX - 33 INST ALLA TION GUIDE In the U nited S tates, some st ates do not all ow exclus ion or limitat ion of incidental or consequentia l damages, so the limit ations abo ve may not apply to y ou. This warra nty gives you speci fic legal rights, a nd you may also have ot her rights which va r y from state to sta ...

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