Seagate ST32151N/W/WC, ST31055N/W/WC Configuring the computer for your drive, DOS Installation

32Hawk 2XL Family Installation Guide, Rev. C

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Configuring the computer for your drive

The hardware part of your installation should now be complete. Software installation informs your computer operating software about your Seagate disc drive characteristics. You can then divide your drive into partitions called "logical drives."

DOS Installation

To install your Seagate disc drive in your computer software, your computer operating system should be Microsoft DOS ver- sion 4.0 or higher. Your SCSI adapter card must be able to address greater than two gigabytes.

If you already have a hard disc drive on your computer and you are installing a second drive, now is a good time to evaluate the status and quality of your backups. Once you are satisfied with the status of your backups, then proceed.

Caution. Determine which drive is to be partitioned in a two drive system.

•Turn your computer on and boot-up from your existing hard drive or from a diskette in drive A, whichever is applicable. Watch the screen for text that tells which key(s) to press to branch into the system setup program. Hit CTL-ALT-DEL to boot-up again if you missed it. Choose to go into setup.