User's Manual

0 Accessing data on the drive.
Caution
If your hard disk has data on it, always be sure to back up
your data before reformatting or repartitioning the drive.
Installing the Drive
If you have problems with a newly installed drive, check the
following:
1. If someone else installed the drive, consult that person about
the problem.
2. If you installed the hard disk in your computer, did you
carefully follow all the instructions in Chapter 5? Review
the instructions, check all the cable connections, and check
the jumper settings on your drive.
3. If you installed an IDE hard disk drive, be sure you run
SETUP to update your configuration. Check to make sure
you selected the correct drive type and that you enabled the
on-board IDE hard disk drive controller with the
Peripherals setup option in SETUP. If you connected
the IDE drive to a controller on an option card, be sure you
set the on-board IDE controller to Disabled. See Chapter
2 for instructions.
4. If you installed a non-IDE hard disk drive, was it physically
formatted by the manufacturer? A blank, new hard disk
must be physically formatted (or initialized) before you can
partition it and install an operating system on it. This type
of format is usually done by the manufacturer; if yours was
not, you must do it yourself. If the drive came with its own
format utility, use that program.
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