Caution

Do not perform the low-level format if your disk contains data, unless your dealer advises you to do so.

4.If your computer came with a hard disk drive that you are no longer using, make sure the hard disk drive power cable and the cable that connected the drive to the main system board are disconnected.

5.If you installed a hard disk drive with its controller on a card, did you disable the built-in hard disk drive controller and select the correct drive type through SETUP? See Chapter 2 for instructions.

Preparing the Drive

Before you can store data on a new hard disk (which has already been physically formatted), you must do the following to prepare it for use:

1.Run the SETUP program to define your hard disk as part of the computer’s configuration. (See Chapter 2 for instructions.)

2.Partition the drive, format it for MS-DOS, and install MS-DOS. Step-by-step instructions for performing these procedures are provided in your MS-DOS Installation Guide. If you are using another operating system, follow the instructions that came with it.

If you do not prepare the drive correctly, you will not be able to store data on the disk. For example, if you have partitioned the drive and formatted it for MS-DOS (or another operating system) but you do not copy the operating system to the drive, you will not be able to load the operating system from the hard disk when you turn on the computer.

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