Seagate 1080SL, 851SL, 540SL, 1270SL manual Drive does not format to full capacity

30 Medalist SL Family Installation Guide, November 1995

∙Reboot the computer and make sure the drive spins up.

∙Verify the System Setup drive type values.

∙Check for I/O address conflicts.

The drive does not format to full capacity.

∙Verify your computer’s System Setup drive-type values. One of the following problems may have occurred: 1) the values may be set for an incorrect drive type or translation geometry; 2) you may have entered a parameter value that exceeded the physical capacity of the drive; 3) you selected a translation geometry or drive type that does not take full advantage of the drive’s capacity; or 4) the drive’s physical specifications ex- ceed the translation geometry limits imposed by the BIOS. Refer to “Standard setup” on page 20 if any of these cases is true.

If you reset the System Setup drive-type value, you must partition and high-level format the drive again.

∙If you partitioned the drive into individual logical drives, you may need to make the partitions smaller so that the computer can use all of the drive’s capacity.

∙If your computer supports LBA mode, you may need to enable an LBA mode function in System Setup to get the drive’s full capacity. Refer to your computer’s reference guide.

∙You can use the EZ-Drive software to install the drive.

DOS messages “Disk Boot Failure,” “Non-System Disk,” or “No ROM Basic - SYSTEM HALTED,” appear.

∙Reinstall the DOS system files using the DOS SYS utility.

∙Check all cables.