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SETTING UP A NEW HDD FOR THE FIRST TIME
Before you can use a new HDD for the first time, you have to do two things:
• tell the computer about the HDD (refer to the User’s Manual Chapter 4: Firmware).
• prepare the HDD to accept data (refer to your operating system manual).
Use the following directions to prepare the new HDD for use.
HARDWARE
After you replace or upgrade the HDD, turn the system
on and configure it for the newly-installed HDD using
Setup. Refer to the User’s Manual Chapter 4: Firmware.
528MB OR LARGER HDDS & LBA MODE
The notebook automatically assumes any HDD 528MB
or larger uses LBA Mode. If the HDD was formatted on
an older system which did not use LBA mode, use the
Setup utility to manually adjust the LBA setting for the
Primary Master. If you don’t, the system will not “see”
it correctly.
The default, “Auto” type setting uses LBA mode. Use
this if you’re preparing a “fresh” HDD.
SOFTWARE
A hard disk must be partitioned, and formatted be-
fore use.
PARTITIONING
To partition the HDD, use the utility from your op-
erating system (e.g. Microsoft’s fdisk command) to
do this.
Note: If you want to use the Save to Disk Partition
feature, refer to the User’s Manual’s Chapter 5: Power
before you partition the HDD.
FORMATTING
To format, use the utility from your operating sys-
tem (e.g. Microsoft’s format/s command). Consult
your operating system’s manual for more informa-
tion on its partitioning and formatting utilities.
M
Save to Disk
Warning
Whenever you install a dif-
ferent hard disk that has a
Save to Disk partition on it,
make sure you follow the
procedures detailed in the
User’s Manual Chapter 4:
Firmware and Chapter 5:
Power.
SOFTWARE
A hard disk must be partitioned, and formatted be-
fore use.
PARTITIONING
To partition the HDD, use the utility from your op-
erating system (e.g. Microsoft’s fdisk command) to
do this.