Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A

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To remove a DDO from a drive:

1.Boot the computer to drive C.

2.Insert your DiscWizard diskette or CD.

3.Type dm to start Disk Manager.

4.Select the Select Installation Options Menu.

5.Select (M)aintenance Menu.

6.Select (M)igrate Dynamic Drive. This program moves the data on your drive so that it can be accessed without the DDO. The migration may take up to an hour to complete, depending on the size of your drive.

7.When the migration program has finished, exit Disk Manager.

8.Remove the diskette and reboot the computer. Enter your system setup program (see your system manual for details).

9.Configure the hard drive with the Cylinder/Head/Sector parameters.

10.When your computer has rebooted, insert the DiscWizard diskette into drive A.

11.Type A:\dm and choose the Maintenance Menu.

12.Select Uninstall (D)isk Manager.

13.Select the correct drive to uninstall.

14.When the uninstall is complete, exit Disk Manager and reboot.

Note. Disk Manager can also remove a drive overlay placed by the EZ-Drive program. Select (C)onvert Drive Format from the Maintenance Menu.

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Seagate ST328040A, ST310220A, ST313620A, ST320430A, ST36810A manual To remove a DDO from a drive, Select Uninstall Disk Manager

ST313620A, ST36810A, ST310220A, ST320430A, ST328040A specifications

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