Seagate 545XE, 275XE manual Contents

Contents

Read before you begin... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ST3660A free installation software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Quick software transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installing the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Attaching cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Configuring the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

528-Mbyte system-capacity limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Standard installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Partitioning and formatting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Transferring and using the installation software . . . . . . . 11

Transferring the installation software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using the installation software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Advanced troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Technical support services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Storing and shipping your drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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