MEDALIST PRO HARD DRIVE
INSTALLATION GUIDE
Medalist Pro 6450 (ST36450A)
Medalist Pro 6451 (ST36451A)
for ATA
USING DISCWIZARD
DiscWizard™ is a revolutionary new Windows program that makes it easy to install your new Seagate drive. DiscWizard helps you configure your new drive and your computer. It ana- lyzes your system, lets you select various installation options and creates customized
You can run DiscWizard to install your new hard drive if:
•You already have an existing, bootable hard drive in your computer with at least 3 Mbytes of available disc spaceand
•You are running Windows 3.x or Windows 95.
If you can run DiscWizard, you do not have to read this instal-
lation guide. Instead, before you install your new drive, follow the instructions on the DiscWizard diskette to install your drive. DiscWizard provides all the information you need to install your new drive.
If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions in this installation guide to install and configure your new drive. For additional information and troubleshooting
tips, see the back of this sheet. This symbol: 
indi- cates that additional information on a topic appears on the back of this sheet.
1. ONE DRIVE OR TWO? | ATTACHING CABLES AND MOUNTING THE DRIVE | |
If your new Seagate® Medalist ®Pro drive will be the only drive in | 1 If you are installing a new ATA interface cable, attach one | |
your computer, you do not have to change any jumper settings. | end of the cable to the interface connector on your com- | |
In this case, skip ahead to “Attaching Cables and Mounting the | puter or host adapter. The ATA cable must be no more than | |
Drive.” | 18 inches long. | |
If you already have one hard drive in your computer and you | 2 Thread the interface cable through the drive bay and attach | |
are installing a second drive, you must configure one drive as a | the connector at the end of the interface cable to your new | |
master and the other as a slave. The master drive will be the | drive. If you have two drives, attach the second drive to | |
“boot” drive (drive C), from which the computer loads system | the second connector. | |
software when it first starts up. To configure your new Seagate |
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drive as the master, slide a jumper onto pins 7 and 8 (see be- |
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low). To configure the drive as a slave, slide a jumper onto pins | Pin 1 | |
5 and 6 only. The jumper on pins 6 and 8 is a spare and does | ||
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not affect drive operation. If you need to change the jumpers on |
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your existing hard drive, see the Disk Manager online manual, |
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1or contact the drive manufacturer. |
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| pin 1 | ||
2 | 4 |
| 8 | |
connector | 6 | |||
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
One drive only
Drive is Master with an ATA- compatible slave
interface
connector
Master/slave jumper block
!Caution. Make sure to align pin 1 on the com- puter or host adapter interface connector with
pin 1 on your drive or drives. Pin 1 on the interface cable is usually indicated by a stripe along the edge of the cable.
Drive is slave
Spare jumper
