Seagate ST31270A manual Transferring the software from the drive, Type format a /s

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Transferring the software from the drive

Required materials:

∙Diskette Drive A

∙A blank diskette that can be used in Drive A

∙A bootable diskette with the Format command

Recent developments in drive technology have pushed drive capacities beyond the limit that many older computers using DOS can address. Seagate provides software solutions that can allow your computer to surpass the address limit and access the full capacity of your drive. The software is stored on the drive at the factory and must be transferred to a diskette in Drive A before you partition and format the drive. The files stored on the drive include:

∙EZ-Drive. This is drive installation software that enables com- puters with BIOSs that restrict the hard disc capacity to 528 Mbytes to surpass the 528-Mbyte barrier.

∙SEG32BIT.386. This replacement 32-bit disk access driver for Windows supports drive capacities above 528 Mbytes, multi- ple block read/write, PIO modes 3 and 4 and LBA addressing.

∙Seamove. This is a program that automatically copies the software files stored on the drive at the factory to a bootable diskette in Drive A. It removes the factory-installed partition and format when the files are copied.

∙README. This file contains information about the Seamove transfer program.

You must create a diskette with the software that Seagate pro- vides. To transfer the software, put a bootable, blank diskette into Drive A. To create a bootable diskette:

1.Insert your DOS diskette into Drive A.

2.Type format a: /s.

The drive reads the DOS diskette and prompts you to insert the diskette you want to format into Drive A.