Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AC2540 Western Digital
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HARDWA RE INST ALLA TI ON Bef ore you begi n , gath er the se suppl ies: Compu ter sys te m manu al DOS a nd ot her ope rati ng sys tem insta llat ion disks or Wi nd ow s 95 s tar tup di sk Ope rati ng sys te m manu al S mall P h illips screwd river a nd flat-b l ade sc rewdrive r Crea te a B oot able D OS D isk F or Window s 3.
Set th e Driv e Jump e rs W es ter n Dig ita l is cur re ntl y sh ip pi ng har d dri ve s with two ty p e s of con nector s. Y our hard drive may have e ith er a 6-pi n or a 10-pi n con nect or . Th e f irst 6 p ins on ea ch of t he ju mpe r bl ocks are i de nti ca l.
Mount ing H ardware In spe ct the bay to se e whet he r it is a 3. 5- i n ch o r 5. 25- i nch bay . T he W es ter n Dig ita l hard dri ve fits into a 3. 5- in ch bay . I f ins tal l in g the W es tern D ig ital h ar d dri ve i n a 5.25- in ch b ay , y ou mu s t insta ll the 5.
SOFTWARE INST ALLA TION Bef ore us ing th e ne w hard drive , you need t o c onfig ure your s ystem BIO S (CM O S S etu p p ro g ram) and p arti ti on and form at th e h ard drive.
Compatibility: Y ou ca n use EZ -Drive soft war e wit h DOS 5. 0 and above , Windows 3. 1x, Win dows fo r W orkgr oups, Windows 95, Windows N T , OS/ 2 2.
1. T urn you r s y st em p ow er off , che ck th e ID E interface and p o w er supply c able s. 2. Check j umper settings. 3. T ur n on your s yst em powe r .
UNINST ALLING EZ-DRIVE This o p tio n r emoves E Z- D ri ve, and re tu rns co nt rol of the driv e to your s yst em BIOS . No te: Bef ore unin stalli ng EZ -Drive, make s ure th at you hav e properly configu r ed the B I OS to r ecognize th e fu ll d riv e capa city .
2. Some CMOS Se tu p ut ilit ies m i ght ha ve a b oo t seque nce opt ion. If yours doe s, ve rify tha t t he b oot s eq uenc e is A : then C : . N ot al l CMO S se tu p uti liti es ha v e th is optio n.
Q: Ca n I in st al l W ind ow s NT 3.5 x, OS/ 2 2. 1x o r OS /2 Warp on m y driv e tha t original ly was ins talled with EZ-D ri ve? A: Y es, bu t yo u mus t d is able flop py bo ot pr o tecti on befor e i ns tall ing EZ-Dr ive . See EZ-Dr ive help fi le s for d eta ils .
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