Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product SATA II/300 Maxtor
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Installation Guide MAXTOR SA T AII/300 INTERNAL HARD DRIVE A CK SIDE PN: 20300101 One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes when ref erring to hard driv e capacity . One terabyte, or TB, equals 1,000 gigabytes when r eferring to har d drive capacity .
Contents Warranty Registration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Precautions . . . . . . . . . .
PAGE 1 Warranty Registration Information W arranty Regis tration Inf ormation Before installing the hard drive, please write down the serial number and the model number information. If you ever need to contact Maxtor Support, you must provide this information about your hard drive prior to assistance.
Introduction PAGE 2 Intr oduction Thank you for selecting a Maxtor hard drive product. This guide will lead you through the installation of your new drive. If you encounter any difficulties with installation, please visit us online at www.maxtor.com and click on Worldwide Support .
PAGE 3 Introduction About Serial A T A Serial ATA (SATA) technology offers you the following benefits: – World’s fastest ATA interface – Ideal for high-performance RAID – Thin, easy-plug cables for improved airflow Visit www.maxtor.com and click on Worldwide Support for the latest SATA information and software updates.
PAGE 4 Remove Sys tem Cover 1. T urn your c omputer off . 2. Unplug your system fr om the el ectrical outl et. 3. Remove the c over fr om your system c ase.
PAGE 5 Mount the Har d Drive Before mounting the hard drive in your system, determine whether you are installing the hard drive in a 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch device bay. If you are unable to locate an available device bay, consult your system manual or system manufacturer.
PAGE 6 5.25-inch Device Bay Ins tallation When installing the hard drive in a 5.25-inch bay (such as where CD-ROM drives are typically installed), you first need to attach mounting brackets (not included) to the hard drive. Mounting brackets are available from your local computer hardware store.
PAGE 7 Attach Serial A T A and P ower Cabl es 1. Locate an availabl e Serial A TA (SA T A) port on your motherboar d or on a SA T A PCI card and plug in one end of the SA T A interface cabl e. 2. Locate the SA T A port on the rear of the har d drive and plug in the SA T A interfac e cabl e as shown.
PAGE 8 If you have an existing ins tallation of Windows 2000 or XP, you must install a Windows driver for the SA TA interf ace befor e connecting the drive.
PAGE 9 Check BIOS Message If you have a motherboard with built-in SATA ports , power on your system and look for an on-screen BIOS message that refers to the SATA interface or controller. (See Figure 8.) This message indicates that the SATA interface on your motherboard is enabled.
PAGE 10 F ormat the Har d Drive This chapter describes how to partition and format your new drive using the MaxBlast installation software on a Windows system. Maxtor recommends using MaxBlast on 98 and ME systems, rather than FDISK, to partition and format the drive.
PAGE 11 If your system cannot boot fr om a CD, you can cr eate a bootable MaxBlast diskett e by inserting the MaxBlast CD into a system running Windows and choosing Create MaxBlast Inst allation Diskette fr om the menu. If you have dual optical (CD/DVD) drives, try booting from the other optical drive.
PAGE 12 1. Boot the system into Windows. 2. F ollow the SA T A car d/motherboar d/system manufactur er's instructions f or installing the SA T A driver . 3. Shut down your syst em, connect the har d drive, and boot into Windows to f ormat the drive.
PAGE 13 D. New Windows 98 or Me System or Replacing a F ail ed 98 or Me Boot Drive 1. Boot your system fr om the MaxBlast CD. 2. When MaxBlast asks if you would lik e to pr epar e the drive for use in your sys tem, click Y es and follow the on-scr een prompts t o format and partition your drive.
PAGE 14 E. New Windows 2000 or XP System or Replacing a F ail ed 2000 or XP Boot Drive Befor e you begin. The SA T A host driver for motherboar ds with embedded SA T A contr ollers, or non Maxtor br anded SA T A hosts, are typically c ontained on an installation CD that is included with the motherboard or add-in contr oller .
PAGE 15 Set the Boot Sequence (New boot drive onl y) The final step is to configure your system BIOS to use your SATA drive as the system boot drive. Your system has a built-in BIOS Setup utility that allows you to change this setting.
PAGE 16 Getting Help Before contacting Maxtor Support, use the Hard Disk Information feature in MaxBlast to view the model number and serial number of your drive. These numbers can be used to get help from Maxtor Support, register your drive, and look up information on the Maxtor website.
Installation Guide MAXTOR SA T AII/300 INTERNAL HARD DRIVE A CK SIDE PN: 20300101 One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes when ref erring to hard driv e capacity . One terabyte, or TB, equals 1,000 gigabytes when r eferring to har d drive capacity .
An important point after buying a device Maxtor SATA II/300 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Maxtor SATA II/300 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Maxtor SATA II/300 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Maxtor SATA II/300 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Maxtor SATA II/300 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Maxtor SATA II/300, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Maxtor SATA II/300.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Maxtor SATA II/300. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Maxtor SATA II/300 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
