Seagate 1270SL, 1080SL, 851SL, 540SL manual Introduction

Medalist SL Family Installation Guide, November 1995 1

Introduction

Thank you for choosing a Seagate® drive. The purpose of this guide is to assist you with installing your new hard drive. Its organization outlines the complete installation process from han- dling the drive in “Before you begin...” to offering troubleshooting suggestions and technical support information. The topics dis- cussed are:

∙Handling your drive (see “Before you begin...” on page 3)

∙Configuring the drive

∙Attaching cables to the drive

∙Mounting the drive

∙Configuring the computer

∙Troubleshooting

∙Where to call for Seagate technical support

Seagate provides installation software, EZ-Drive, and a 32-bit disk access driver for Windows, SEG32BIT.386, that allows the computer to surpass the 528-Mbyte barrier when it is imposed. The software is stored on the drive and must be transferred to a diskette in Drive A before you partition and format the drive. A program called Seamove is provided to make the transfer easy.

We hope your installation goes smoothly, but if complications arise, a list of common symptoms and solutions is provided in the troubleshooting section. If the problem persists, contact your dealer first. Your dealer is familiar with system integration and the conflicts that may arise. If you need additional help or information about Seagate products, numbers for Seagate technical support services are listed on pages 34–36.