8 | Medalist XE Family Installation Guide, Rev. A |
Standard installation
1.Turn the computer on.
2.Enter the System Setup routine. (Refer to your computer user’s guide. System Setup may be called Setup, BIOS Setup or CMOS Setup.) If your computer uses an automatic setup utility, see the caution below.
3.Find the hard disc configuration in the System Setup screen.
4.Select a drive type that matches the drive translation geometry for your drive as shown in the following table.
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ST3295A | 272.7 | 761 | 14 | 50 | 260 |
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ST3660A* | 545.5 | 1057 | 16 | 63 | 520 |
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ST3660A** | 528.5 | 1024 | 16 | 63 | 504 |
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*Use this translation geometry if you know your computer can accept more than 1,024 cylinders.
**Use this translation geometry if you are not sure your computer can accept more than 1,024 cylinders.
Note. CHKDSK and CMOS capacities are approximations. The capacities your computer reports may vary slightly.
Caution. If your computer is capable of automatic System Setup, it may read the total number of physical cylinders into the translation geometry chart in System Setup. If your system does not acknow- ledge more than 1,024 cylinders, it may overwrap the initial cylinders in its representation. This re- duces the effective drive capacity to only the over- wrapped cylinders. The effective cylinder count is