MEDALIST HARD DRIVE
INSTALLATION GUIDE
Medalist 6540 (ST36540A)
Medalist 5130 (ST35130A)
Medalist 3220 (ST33220A)
for ATA
USING DISCWIZARD
DiscWizard™ is a revolutionary new Windows program that makes it easy to install your Seagate Medalist® drive. DiscWizard helps you configure your new drive and your com- puter. It analyzes your system, lets you select various installa- tion options and creates customized
You can run DiscWizard to install your new hard drive if:
•You already have an existing, bootable hard drive in your computer with at least 3 Mbytes of available disc spaceand
•You are running Windows 3.x or Windows 95.
If you can run DiscWizard, you do not have to read this
manual. Instead, before you install your new drive, follow the instructions on the DiscWizard diskette to install your drive. DiscWizard provides all the information you need to install your new drive.
If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions in this installation guide to install and configure your new drive.For additional information and troubleshooting tips, see the back of
this sheet. This symbol: 
indicates that additional informa- tion on a topic appears on the back of this sheet.
1. ONE DRIVE OR TWO? | ATTACHING CABLES AND MOUNTING THE DRIVE | |
If your new Seagate® drive will be the only drive in your com- | 1 If you are installing a new ATA interface cable, attach one | |
puter, you do not have to change any jumper settings. In this | end of the cable to the interface connector on your com- | |
case, skip ahead to “Attaching Cables and Mounting the Drive.” | puter or host adapter. The ATA cable must be no more than | |
If you already have one hard drive in your computer and you | 18 inches long. | |
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are installing a second drive, you must configure one drive as a | 2 Thread the interface cable through the drive bay and attach | |
master and the other as a slave. The master drive will be the | the connector at the end of the interface cable to your new | |
“boot” drive (drive C), from which the computer loads system | drive. If you have two drives, attach the second drive to | |
software when it first starts up. To configure your new Seagate | the second connector. | |
drive as the master, slide a jumper onto pins 7 and 8 (see be- |
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low). To configure the drive as a slave, remove all jumpers. If |
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you need to change the jumpers on your existing hard drive, | Pin 1 | |
see the Disk Manager online manual, or contact the drive manu- | ||
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2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
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Drive is slave
Drive is master in single- or
interface
connector
Master/slave jumper settings
!Caution. Make sure to align pin 1 on the com- puter or host adapter interface connector with
pin 1 on your drive or drives. Pin 1 on the interface cable is usually indicated by a stripe along the edge of the cable.