Seagate 545XE, 275XE manual Partitioning, High-level formatting

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Medalist XE Family Installation Guide, Rev. A

Partitioning

You must partition the drive into one or more logical drives before you can use it.

Caution. Partitioning or formatting a drive at any level erases all data on it. Before you repartition or reformat your drive, make a backup of your existing files on another disc or media. Seagate assumes no liability if you erase your data.

You can partition a drive as follows:

1.Insert a bootable DOS diskette and boot the computer.

2.At the prompt, type fdisk. Press ENTER to run the FDISK utility.

3.Select create DOS partition or logical DOS drive. Press ENTER. If there are two drives on your system, make sure your selection is for the correct drive.

4.Select create primary DOS partition. Use the maximum avail- able size for your primary partition and make the partition active. This puts the entire drive on one partition and allows the computer to boot (load DOS) from the partition. Press ENTER after every selection.

After you make all the appropriate selections, the computer automatically reboots itself.

High-level formatting

High-level formatting verifies the information written by the low- level format and builds the file allocation table (FAT) that DOS uses to access files on the drive. If you put more than one partition on the drive, you must high-level format each partition. Refer to your DOS reference guide for instruction. Use the DOS FORMAT utility to high-level format the drive as follows:

1.Type the following command at the DOS prompt: format drive: /v /s

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Contents 275xe, 545xe ATA Interface Drives Contents Read before you begin ST3660A free installation software Quick software transferJumpers and connectors Installing the drive Configuring the driveAttaching cables Connect the remote LED optionalInstalling drives in computers that use cable-select Mounting the driveConfiguring the computer Mbyte system-capacity limitStandard installation Model Mbytes Cyl Heads Sectors SetupTranslation geometry Partitioning and formatting the drive Low-level formattingPartitioning High-level formattingTransferring and using the installation software Transferring the installation softwareType format a/s Using the installation software Type seamovePage Medalist XE Family Installation Guide, Rev. a Booting with a diskette after EZ-Drive is installed Hold the Ctrl key down to boot from a floppyInstalling multiple partitions Hold the Ctrl key down to boot from a floppy Page Basic troubleshooting Advanced troubleshooting System does not recognize the driveScreen remains blank when you power up the system System error message, Drive not Ready, appears System error message, HDD controller failure appears Disabling EZ-Drive Disabling Maximum Overdrive Technical support services SeaBOARDLocation Modem number SeaFAX Location Telephone numberSeagate Technical Support FAX /438-8137 SeaFONE /438-8222Seagate CompuServe forum Storing and shipping your drive Drive in an approved package