User Guide Desktop PC Equity 386SX/16 PLUS

Caring for your hard disk drive

Follow these precautions to protect your hard disk drive from

damage and to avoid losing data:

Never turn off or reset the computer when the hard disk

access light is on. This light indicates that the computer

is copying data to or from the hard disk. If you interrupt

this process, you can lose data.

Never attempt to open the hard disk drive. The disk itself

is enclosed in a sealed container to protect it from dust.

Before you move your computer even a short distance,

you may need to run the HDSIT program to prepare the

hard disk for moving, as described below.

Preparing the hard disk for moving

If you need to move your computer to a new location, you

may want to run the HDSIT program-provided on your

Reference diskette-to protect the hard disk during the move.

HDSIT moves (or parks) the disk drive’s read/write heads to a

region on the disk surface that does not contain data,

and

locks them securely in position. This protects the hard disk

from being damaged if the computer is bumped accidentally.

Many hard disk drives, including all Epson drives,

automatically park their heads when you turn off the

computer. If your hard disk drive does not do this, or if you

are not sure that it does, be sure to run HDSIT.

Follow these steps to run HDSIT:

Insert the Reference diskette in drive A. Then type

A :

and press Enter to log onto that drive.

Type the following and press Enter:

HDSIT

Using Your Computer

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