Western Digital WD1003V-MM1, WD1003V-MM2 owner manual Software Installation

Software Installation

This section contains instructions for low level formatting the Winchester drives.

1.Insert our Advanced diagnostic diskette (or equivalent or AT compatibles).

2.Turn on the power.

3.Boot the diagnostic and select the setup option.

CAUTION

Avoid system damage by consulting your system technical reference manual to ensure that your Winchester drive type is supported by the host BIOS drive tables. Not all AT compatibles share the same drive tables as IBM.

4.Select proper drive type. Consult the technical reference manual for further information on these parameters.

CAUTION

Step 5 requires execution of low level format. Use of the IBM Advanced Diagnostic (or similar program for IBM compatibles) is necessary since these controllers contain no on-board Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) ROM. Furthermore, the low level format destroys all data on the drive. If the drive contains useful data, backup the drive before executing the low level format program.

5.Insert the Advanced Diagnostic diskette and execute the low level format.

6.Load and execute the FDISK and FORMAT programs.

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