Seagate ST118202LW/LC manual Formatting the drive, Quick reference desktop system notes

38 Cheetah 18 Installation Guide, Rev. A

Formatting the drive

Warning. Formatting a drive erases all user data. Be sure that you understand this principle before formatting any hard disc drive. It is not necessary to format a drive that previously has been used to store data, unless your intention is to erase all user data.

Note. Seagate is not responsible for lost user data.

1.Turn on DC power.

2.Boot the system from a system floppy disc or from a previ- ously installed hard disc drive if there is one.

3.Format the disc drive. Cheetah 18 disc drives are designed to operate with a variety of operating systems. Please refer to your system or SCSI controller manual for information about formatting and setting up the drive. Some quick desk- top system notes are provided below.

Quick reference desktop system notes

•Hardware platform, operating system, and host adapter varia- tions can limit access to the full capacity of this and other high capacity drives. Refer to your system or utility manual for detailed instructions.

•DOS/Windows 3.1/Windows 95. Set the drive type in CMOS to “Zero,” “None,” or “No hard drive installed.” Use FDISK.EXE and FORMAT.EXE.

•Macintosh. Use a third-party drive utility or Apple’s Drive Setup (version 1.3.1 or later) to initialize the drive. Note: versions of Apple Drive Setup prior to version 1.3.1 do not recognize non- Apple drives.