Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto ST36421A del fabbricante Seagate
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© 1999 Seagate T echnol og y , Inc. All ri ghts rese r v ed. Publica tio n Num ber : SG3 5126 -0 01 , R ev . A, Febr uar y 1999 Seagate , Seaga te T echnolog y , the Seagate lo go , Med alist and the Meda list logo are re gistere d trade marks of Seagate T echnol - og y , Inc.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A -1 Contents The easie st wa y to install your drive .............. ........... ........... 1 What y ou ne ed ........... ................. ........... ................. ................ 2 Before y ou begin .
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Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 1 The easie st way to ins tall y our drive DiscWizard is Seagate’ s exclus iv e Win- dow s progr am, pro vided on a disk ette , that makes it easy to inst all your Me dal ist drive. Disc Wizard help s you configu re your ne w drive and you r com puter .
2 Medali st 8421, 6 421, 4311 and 2112, Re v . A What y ou need • Stra ight-edge and Philli ps scre wdriv ers • F our 6-32 UNC dr ive mounting screws • A standa rd 40-pin A T A interface cable ,.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 3 Handling precautions Disc drives are e xt remely fragil e. Do not d rop or j ar you r dr i ve. K eep the dr ive in it s ant ist atic ba g unt il you ar e ready to install it. Prote ct your d r ive from st at ic di scha rge by mak ing sure y ou are well ground ed be fore touchin g the drive .
4 Medali st 8421, 6 421, 4311 and 2112, Re v . A Master/s lave jumpers If y ou al ready ha v e one hard d rive in you r com puter and y o u are inst allin g a seco nd driv e , y ou m ust c onfigu re on e driv e as a ma s- ter and th e othe r as a sla v e.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 5 Figure 1. M aster and sl ave jum per settings Master or single drive Drive is slave 135 24 6 8 7 Master/slave jumper block pin 1 4-pin power connecto.
6 Medali st 8421, 6 421, 4311 and 2112, Re v . A Attaching cabl es and mounting the dri ve 1. If yo u are at taching a n A T A (IDE) interf ace c ab le to a si ngle drive , atta ch one end of the cab le to the inte rfa ce connec tor on y our motherbo ard.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 7 Note. I f you ar e u sing th e 80 -c onduc tor cable, atta ch t he blue connec tor (with the long est sec tion of th e cab le) to th e motherb oard, attach the b lac k connec tor to the master or single drive , and att ach th e gre y conn ector to the sla v e.
8 Medali st 8421, 6 421, 4311 and 2112, Re v . A Figure 4. Ca ble c onnectors Caution. T o av oi d possi b le dama ge to the driv e , do not ov ertighten the screws or use me tric scre ws. Note. If you are mou nting the drive in a 5.25-inch drive ba y , yo u need a m ountin g adapter or f rame kit.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 9 Configuring y our computer Bef ore yo u f ormat or partition y our ne w driv e, y ou must conf igure yo ur comput er’ s BIO S.
10 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A Note. Set the wr it e p rec omp or landi ng zo ne param eters to z ero . R ecommendation W e recomm end y ou use D isk Manage r to e v aluate y our BIO S and det ermine whet her y our sys tem need s add itional B IOS su p- por t.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 11 Addressing drive-capacity limitations Some D OS-based c omputers and oper atin g syste ms are not design ed to acco mmoda te large-ca pacit y hard disc drives . Th e most co mmon syst em l im ita tio ns are list ed b e low .
12 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A • Thir d-pa r ty device d r iver , such as Dis k Man ager (Dis k Man - ager is p rovide d on the Dis cWizard di ske tte includ ed with y our dri v.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 13 Preparing y our drive f or use One- driv e s yst em F or a quic k install ation we rec ommend y ou use Disk Manager to automat icall y par tition and f ormat y our driv e. Disk Manager als o ensures th at you r comput er can acces s the full cap acity of y our ha rd drive .
14 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A Installation using Disk Ma nager 1. Boot y our c omputer fro m y our Disc Wizard d isk ette. Bo oting from a dis kette en sure s tha t the Disk Mana ger ins talla ti on does n ot confli ct with other soft ware .
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 15 5. F ollow the instructi ons in the post-i nstallati on screens and contin ue wit h y our Windo ws 95 or Wi ndow s 98 ins tallat ion.
16 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A Standar d DOS insta llation Caution. P artitioning or f ormatting a driv e er ases all data on it .
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 17 Drive formatti ng Caution. Use th e cor re ct dr ive let te rs so that you do not f ormat a driv e tha t already contai ns data. At the A: prompt, type form at x : /s, where x is the l etter of y our first ne w pa r tition.
18 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A Additional installation options Figure 5. Non -A T A compatible and cab le select ju mpers Non-A T A compatible slave jumper If y our co mpute r does not recogn ize y our n e w driv e as a m aster in a tw o-driv e s ystem, t he sla v e driv e ma y not be A T A-compa ti- ble.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 19 Adv anced Disk Manager options The Disk Mange r online manual Disk Ma nag er co ntain s an extens ive onl ine m anual . This manual includ es detaile d inst allation i nstruction s, troub leshoo ting an d a list of ma ste r/s la v e jumper s etti ngs f o r man y popul ar ha rd driv es .
20 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A Supported operating systems The Di sk Mana ger dynam ic driv e o v erla y prov ides su pport for dri ves with cap acit ies great er th an 52 8 Mbytes unde r MS-D OS, Window s 3. x, Windo w s 95, Wi ndo ws NT 3.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 21 Follow these ins tructions to rem ov e a DDO fr om a drive. 1. Boot the c omputer t o drive C . 2. Insert your Dis cWizard disk ette into drive A. 3. Ty p e A:DM to start Disk Manager . 4. Select th e Sele ct In sta lla tio n Opt i ons Menu .
22 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A T roubleshooting If y ou ha v e inst alled y our driv e and it does not functio n prope rly , perfor m th e followin g b asic checks: W arning . Alwa ys tur n off the computer bef ore changing jumpers or unplug ging cab les an d cards .
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 23 • V erify the drive -type settin gs in the system setup pr o- gram. The drive-ty pe setti ngs in th e system BI OS mus t not e xcee d the ph ysic al speci ficati ons of y our driv e . Also , th e set- tings m us t not e xcee d the l imitation s set b y the oper ating s ys- tem and BIOS .
24 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A discs reach oper ating speed. If t he driv e mo tor does no t start up , re check al l dr ive cables. • V er if y th at for eac h dr ive, a d r ive-type valu e is liste d in th e sys - tem set up prog r a m.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 25 there is n o disk ette in driv e A and reb oot. If y ou w ant to bo ot from the d iskett e, follow the “ Bo oti ng wi th a Dis kette” i nst r uc- tions u nder “Adv anced Disk Manager Opti ons” on p age 19.
26 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A guide for ass ist ance. Be s ure t o re -ena ble th is im por tant fea- ture when FDISK is done . The syste m err or mess age, “Drive not Read y ,” appears. • Check a ll c able c onn ect ion s.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 27 Caution. If you c hange the drive-ty pe v alues i n the system setup pr ogram , you mus t partition and f ormat the driv e ag ain.
28 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A Seagate T echnology support serv ices Online ser vices Internet F or onlin e inf ormation abou t Seagate product s, vis it www .seagate.c om or e-m ail y our disc or tape qu estions to: Presales support: DiscPreSales @Seagate .
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 29 SeaF AX ® is Seagat e’ s auto mated F AX deliv ery system. Using a touch-to ne phone , yo u can obtain tec hnica l support info rmation by retu rn F AX 24 hours dai ly . This s ervice is a v ailab le w orldwide .
30 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A Customer Ser vice ( CSO) W arranty repa ir Seagate o ff ers w orldwide cu stomer support fo r Seagate dri ves . Seagate direct O EM, D istributi on and System Integr ator c ustom- ers shou ld conta ct their Seagate s ervice center representa tiv e f or w arrant y inf ormation .
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 31 USA/Canada/Latin Amer ica suppor t serv ices Presales s upport Disc: 1-877-271-3285 or +1-405-936-1210 F AX: +1-405-936-1683 T ape: 1-800-626-6637 o.
32 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A Eur opean suppor t services F or Eur opean c ustomer s upport, dial the toll-fre e num ber f or p re- sales s uppor t, technical s uppor t, SeaF AX and warr anty repair . If your coun tr y is not listed her e, dial ou r Eur opea n cal l cente r at +31-20-31 6-7222 fro m 8:30 A.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 33 Africa/Middle East suppor t servic es F or pres ales , technic al suppo r t, warr anty re pair and F AX ser- vices in Africa and t he Mi ddl e Eas t, dia l o ur Eur opean cal l c en ter at +31 -20 -316 -7 222 fr om 8: 30 A.
34 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A Asia/Pacific support ser vices T echnical suppo rt A ustral ia +61-2-9725-3366 F AX: +61-2 -9725-4052 Hong K ong +852-2368 9918 F AX: +852-2368 7173.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 35 Storing and shipping y our drive K eep y our origin al bo x and pac king materials f or storing or ship- ping y our d rive . Th e bo x h as a Seagate App ro v ed P a c kage label. Shipping a driv e in an unap prov ed container v oids the warr anty .
36 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A W arranty See y our authoriz ed Seagat e distribu tor or dealer . Preinstalled or b undled s oftware is prov ided “as is .” There are no warr anties of merc hantabil ity or f itness f or a par ticular purpose.
Medalis t 8421, 64 21, 43 11 and 211 2, Re v . A 37 nung muss SEL V entsp rechen. 5. All e Arbeiten auf de m F est- platte d ürf en n ur v on A usg ebildetem Servicepersona l durchge führt werden. Bitte entfe rnen Sie nicht die Au fschriftens- childe r des L aufwe rkes .
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40 Medali st 842 1, 6421, 43 11 and 21 12, R ev . A Seagate T echnolog y , Inc. 920 Di sc Drive, Scott s V alley , CA 95066-4544 , USA Publication Num ber: SG35 126-0 01, Rev .
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