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Contents
1 Preparing to Install Your Drive
2 Removing an Existing Drive
3 Installing a New Drive
4 Troubleshooting
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Preparing to Install Y our Drive
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Preparing your work area
To prepare your work area:
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2
Preventing static electricity discharge
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Removing drive software
To remove the drive software:
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Removing the drive
To remove the existing drive:
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Identifying connectors
CD, DVD, diskette, tape, and Zip drives
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Flash memory drives
Configuring the new IDE drive
Master drives
Slave drives
Setting the IDE jumpers
To set the jumpers for an IDE drive:
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Configuring the new SCSI drive
Termination
SCSI IDs
Setting the SCSI jumpers
To set the jumpers for a SCSI drive:
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Installing a drive
To install a drive:
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Configuring the BIOS
To configure the BIOS:
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Installing Zip drive software
Installing Seagate tape drive software
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Troubleshooting
General troubleshooting guidelines
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CD or DVD drive
Your computer does not recognize the CD or D VD drive.
The CD or DVD drive makes a buzzing noise.
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Audio CD does not produce sound.
A DVD movie will not play.
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Diskette drive
Your computer cannot access the diskette drive.
Your computer cannot access the diskette.
To format a diskette:
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Your computer does not recognize the diskette drive.
To check the diskette drive identification in the BIOS Setup utility:
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The diskette drive light stays on continuously.
To fix the data cable connection:
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Diskette drive error messages
Diskette Drive 0 Failure or Diskette Drive 1 Failure
Not ready reading driveA or Not ready reading drive B
Invalid drive specification
Invalid media type
Flash memory drive
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Cannot copy songs from a Secure Digital memory card to my computer.
Zip drive
The green busy light on the Zip drive does not turn on.
The Zip drive is not assigned a drive letter, or th e Iomega software cannot find the Zip drive.
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To determine if the operating system is running in 32-bit mode:
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Tape drive
After a period of successful operation, the tape drive appears to fail during a backup or restore.
Re-tensioning a backup tape.
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Cleaning a tape drive.
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Your computer does not recognize your new IDE tape drive.
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Your computer does not recognize your new SCSI tape drive or other SCSI devices:
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