Contents
Installation Guide
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Contents
Medalist 17240, 13030, 10231, 8420 and 4310, Rev. B
Easiest way to install your drive
What you need
Before you begin
Handling precautions
To configure the drive as a slave
To configure the drive as a master or one drive only
Master/slave jumpers
Master and slave jumper settings
Attaching cables and mounting the drive
Attaching the cables
Mounting screws
Cable connectors
Configuring your computer
Bios Settings Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors
Addressing drive-capacity limitations
Recommendation
Mbyte limit
Cylinder limit
Gbyte limit
Bios upgrades
One drive
Partitioning and formatting your drive
Two drives
Installation using Disk Manager
Windows 95 or Windows 98 installation
Standard DOS installation
Drive partitioning
Drive formatting
Additional installation options
Non-ATA-compatible slave jumper
Cable select jumper
Advanced Disk Manager options
Booting from a diskette
Disk Manger online manual
Supported operating systems
Removing the dynamic drive overlay
Select Uninstall Disk Manager
Follow these instructions to remove a DDO from a drive
Troubleshooting
Additional troubleshooting tips
Full capacity Limit capacity to 2.1 Gbytes 4,092 cylinders
Screen remains blank when you power up the system
System does not recognize the drive
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Medalist 17240, 13030, 10231, 8420 and 4310, Rev. B
Fdisk error message, No Fixed Disk Present, appears
System error message, Drive not Ready, appears
Drive does not format to full capacity
System error message, HDD controller failure appears
Drive again. This erases data on the drive
Online services
Seagate Technology support services
Automated services
Presales Support
Technical support
Customer Service CSO
Warranty repair
SeaFAX 1-800-SEAGATE
European support services
Call Center
Africa/Middle East support services
Asia/Pacific support services
Storing and shipping your drive
Seagate drive and approved packing materials
Electromagnetic Compliance for the European Union
Warranty
Maintenance and repair
Sicherheitsanleitung
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