IBM 1 GB Microdrive Storage Card User manual

1GBMicrodrive
Storage Card
User’s Guide
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Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the
information in Appendix B, “Warranty information”, on page B-1, Appendix C,
“European Union warranty information”, on page C-1, and Appendix D,
“Notices”, on page D-1.
Second Edition (February 2003)
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Contents
Preface ..................v
Registering your option ..............vi
Installation and user’s guide ..........1-1
Product description ...............1-1
Installation requirements .............1-1
Installing the Microdrive product in Windows 2000, Windows Me,
Windows 98, Windows 95 OSR2, or Windows NT .....1-2
Installing the Microdrive product in Windows CE ......1-4
Installing the Microdrive restart file for Windows 98 or Windows 95
OSR2 ..................1-5
Handling precautions ..............1-6
Appendix A. Microdrive storage card at a glance . . . A-1
Appendix B. Warranty information ........B-1
Warranty period ................B-1
Service and support ...............B-1
Warranty information on the World Wide Web ......B-1
Online technical support ............B-2
Telephone technical support ...........B-2
IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-06 8/2000 ....B-4
Part 1 - General Terms .............B-4
Part 2 - Country-unique Terms...........B-8
Appendix C. European Union warranty information C-1
Appendix D. Notices .............D-1
Trademarks .................D-2
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement ....D-3
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Preface
This manual contains the product description for installing and using
the 1 GB Microdrive
®
storage card. The manual is divided into two
parts:
Part 1: Installation guide
This guide contains the product description and installation instructions
in the following languages:
vEnglish
vFrench
vGerman
vSpanish
vItalian
vBrazilian Portuguese
vCzechoslovakian
vSlovak
vSimplified Chinese
vTraditional Chinese
vJapanese
Part 2: Appendixes
The appendixes contain product specifications, help and service
information, the product warranties, European Union warranty
information, and notices.
Note: The illustrations in this manual might be slightly different from
your hardware.
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Registering your option
Thank you for purchasing this IBM
®
product. Please take a few
moments to register your product and provide us with information that
will help IBM to better serve you in the future. Your feedback is
valuable to us in developing products and services that are important
to you, as well as in developing better ways to communicate with you.
Register your option on the IBM Web site at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/register/
IBM will send you information and updates on your registered product
unless you indicate on the Web site questionnaire that you do not want
to receive further information.
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Installation and user’s guide
This section contains the product description, installation instructions,
and operating information.
Product description
The 1 GB Microdrive product is a CF+ Type II device that works only
with Microsoft
®
Windows
®
98, Windows 95 OSR2, Microsoft Windows
2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me),
Microsoft Windows NT
®
Workstation, or Windows CE. If you are using
Windows CE, you can insert the Microdrive storage card into a
computer CF+Type II slot that has an ejection mechanism. However, if
you are using Windows 98, Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 2000,
Windows Me, or Windows NT, you must insert the Microdrive into a
PC card adapter and insert the adapter into a PCMCIA Type II slot.
The following items are included in the option package:
v1 GB Microdrive storage card
vPC Card adapter
v1 GB Microdrive User’s Guide
Installation requirements
Before you install the Microdrive storage card, be sure that your
computer meets the following requirements:
vWindows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95 OSR2,
Windows NT, or Windows CE operating system
vPCMCIA Type II slot and PC card adapter if you are using Windows
2000, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95 OSR2, or Windows
NT
vCF+ Type II slot if you are using Windows CE
v3.5-inch diskette drive
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Installing the Microdrive product in Windows
2000, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95
OSR2, or Windows NT
To install the Microdrive storage card, do the following:
1. Turn on your computer and start the operating system.
2. Align the arrow mark on the Microdrive storage card with the
arrow mark on the PC card adapter.
3. Insert the Microdrive storage card carefully and firmly into the PC
card adapter.
4. Insert the PC Card adapter into a PCMCIA slot, following the PC
card adapter instructions that come with the computer. Be sure to
grasp the PC card adapter instead of the Microdrive storage card
when you insert or remove the PC card adapter from the
computer.
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Windows will automatically detect the Microdrive storage card.
Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Microdrive storage
card. If Windows does not detect the Microdrive storage card,
continue with step 5.
5. If Windows does not detect the Microdrive storage card after you
insert it into the computer slot, do the following:
a. Go to Microdrive product Web site at
www.hgst.com/microdrive
b. Download the self-extracting MICRODRV.EXE file to a
temporary directory.
c. Insert a blank diskette into the computer diskette drive.
d. Open Microsoft Windows Explorer and locate the file you
downloaded.
e. Double-click on the file name to extract the MICRODRV.INF
file to the diskette.
f. Click Start.
g. Select Settings.
h. Click Control Panel.
i. Double-click the Add New Hardware icon and click Next.
j. Click No in the Add New Hardware window and click Next.
k. Click Hard Disk Controllers as the hardware type and click
Next.
l. Go to step 6.
6. Click Have Disk.
7. Select the manufacturer and model of your Microdrive storage
card.
8. Type A:\ in the command line; then click Browse.
9. Select MICRODRV.INF from the displayed list and click OK.
10. Select IBM Microdrive and click Next.
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11. Verify that IBM Microdrive is the displayed device name and that
A:\MICRODRV.INF is the displayed location of the device driver;
then click Next to complete the installation.
12. Double-click My Computer to determine the drive letter assigned
to the Microdrive storage card.
13. If you want Windows 98 or Windows 95 OSR2 to recognize the
Microdrive storage card when you insert it before computer
startup, go to “Installing the Microdrive restart file for Windows 98
or Windows 95 OSR2” on page 1-5
Installing the Microdrive product in Windows CE
To install the Microdrive storage card in Windows CE, do the
following:
1. Turn on your computer.
2. Insert the Microdrive storage card into the CF Type II slot, as
shown.
Windows CE automatically configures the Microdrive. The
Microdrive is represented by a folder titled Storage Card that
displays on the screen.
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