Seagate Medalist 2532 User manual

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Medalist 2532 (ST32532A)
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for ATA (IDE)-Compatible PCs
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Installation Guide
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© 1997, 1999 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
Publication Number: 21200104-001, Rev. B, May 1999
Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Seagate logo are regis-
tered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Medalist, DiscWiz-
ard, SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaBOARD and SeaTDD are either
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Inc. or one of its subsidiaries. All other trademarks or registered
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Contents
The easiest way to install your drive.................................... 1
What you need........................................................................ 2
Before you begin .................................................................... 2
Handling precautions............................................................. 3
Master/slave jumpers............................................................. 4
Attaching cables and mounting the drive............................ 6
Configuring your computer................................................... 9
Addressing drive capacity limitations................................ 11
Partitioning and formatting your drive............................... 13
Installation using Disk Manager........................................ 14
Windows 95 or Windows 98 installation ........................... 15
Standard DOS installation................................................ 16
Additional installation options............................................ 18
Non-ATA compatible slave jumper...................................... 18
Cable select jumper ............................................................. 19
Advanced Disk Manager options........................................ 20
Troubleshooting ................................................................... 23
Alternate capacity jumper................................................. 25
Seagate Technology support services............................... 31
Storing and shipping your drive......................................... 37
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Medalist 2532, Rev. B 1
The easiest way to install your drive
DiscWizardis Seagate’s exclusive Win-
dows program, provided on a diskette, that
makes it easy to install your Medalistdrive.
DiscWizard helps you configure your new
drive and your computer. It analyzes your
system, lets you select various installation
options and creates customized step-by-step instructions. It also
allows older computers to access the full capacity of large hard
drives.
You can run DiscWizard to install your new hard drive if:
•You already have an existing, bootable hard drive in your com-
puter with at least 3 Mbytes of available disc space,
and
•You are running Windows 95 or Windows 98.
If you can run DiscWizard, follow the instructions on the
DiscWizard diskette to install your drive. If you need additional
information, refer to this installation guide.
If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions in this
installation guide to install and configure your new drive.

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What you need
•Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers
•Four 6-32 UNC drive mounting screws
•An ATA host adapter and interface cable (max length: 18
inches) with enough connectors for all your drives
•An unused drive power cable for your new drive
•A bootable DOS system diskette (Seagate recommends using
DOS Version 5.0 or later).
•If you are mounting this 3.5-inch drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay,
you need a mounting adapter or frame kit. Also, you may need
drive mounting rails if your drive bay is not designed for direct
mounting.
Before you begin
•Make sure your computer is turned off before you open the
case.
•Read the handling precautions following and inspect the drive
to make sure that it is not damaged.
•Save your foam-lined Seagatedisc drive box. This box has
been approved by Seagate for shipping a Seagate disc drive.
Using any other container or packing material voids your drive
warranty.

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Handling precautions
Disc drives are extremely fragile. Do not drop or jar
your drive.
Keep the drive in its antistatic bag until you are
ready to install it.
Protect your drive from static discharge by making
sure you are well grounded before touching the
drive. We recommend wearing a grounded wrist
strap throughout the installation process. Do not
touch the connectors or any part of the printed cir-
cuit board.
Always handle the drive by its edges or frame.
Do not apply pressure or attach labels to the circuit
board or the top of the drive.

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Master/slave jumpers
If your new Seagatedrive will be the only drive in your computer,
you do not have to change any jumper settings. In this case, skip
ahead to “Attaching cables and mounting the drive,” on page 6.
If you already have one hard drive in your computer and you are
installing a second drive, you must configure one drive as a mas-
ter and the other as a slave.
To configure the drive as a master or one drive only:
•Place a jumper on pins 5 and 6 (see Figure 1 on page 5).
The master drive usually defaults to being the “boot” drive
(drive C), from which the computer loads system software
when it first starts up.
To configure the drive as a slave:
•Remove all the jumpers.
•If you need to change the jumpers on your existing hard drive,
see the Disk Manager online manual, look on the drive label,
or contact the drive manufacturer.

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Figure 1. Master and slave jumper settings
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246
Slave
Master or single drive
pin 1
4-pin power
connector
ATA interface
connector

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Attaching cables and mounting the drive
1. If you are attaching a new ATA interface cable to a single
drive, attach one end of the cable to the interface connector
on your host adapter or motherboard. Motherboard connec-
tors can be identified by the IDE or HDD 40-pin connector.
The ATA cable must be no more than 18 inches (457 mm)
long.
2. Thread the interface cable through the drive bay and attach
the connector at the end of the interface cable to your new
drive.
Note. If you have two drives, attach the second drive to the sec-
ond connector.
Figure 2. Attaching the cables
Caution. To avoid possible damage to your system,
make sure to align pin 1 on the host adapter or mother-
board 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.
Pin 1
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Figure 3. Mounting screws
3. You can mount the drive in any orientation. Usually it is
mounted with the circuit board down.
4. Slide the drive carefully into the drive bay. Secure the drive
with four 6-32 UNC mounting screws in either the side-
mounting holes or the bottom-mounting holes. Insert the
screws no more than 0.22 inch (5.58 mm) into the bottom-
mounting holes and no more than 0.20 inch (5.0 mm) into the
side-mounting holes.
Caution. To avoid possible damage to the drive, do not
overtighten the screws or use metric screws.
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Figure 4. Cable connectors
Note. If you are mounting the drive in a 5.25-inch drive bay, you
need a mounting adapter or frame kit. Contact your com-
puter dealer. Some computers also require drive mount-
ing rails, which can be obtained from your distributor or
computer manufacturer.
5. Attach a power cable to each drive. If your computer does not
have an unused power connector, you can purchase a Y-
shaped power cable from your computer dealer.
6. Check all cable connections and then replace your computer
cover. Continue to “Configuring your computer.”
Pin 1
Interface
connector
Power
connector

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Configuring your computer
Before you format or partition your new drive, you must configure
your computer’s BIOS so that the computer can recognize your
new drive.
1. Turn your computer on. As your computer starts up, watch the
screen for a message that describes how to run the system
setup program (also called BIOS or CMOS setup). This is
usually done by pressing a special key, such as DELETE, ESC
or F1, during startup. See your computer manual for details.
Press the appropriate key to run the System Setup program.
2. Enable LBA mode if it is available. Many BIOS use the logical
block addressing (LBA) mode to access drives with capacities
greater than 528 Mbytes.
3. If your BIOS provides automatic drive detection (an “Auto”
drive type), select this option. This allows your computer to
configure itself automatically for your new drive.
If your BIOS does not provide automatic drive detection,
select “User-defined” drive settings. If your computer supports
LBA addressing, enter the LBA cylinder, head and sector val-
ues for your drive from the table at the top of the next column.
If your computer does not support LBA addressing, enter the
CHS values from the table.
4. Save the settings and exit the System Setup program (your
computer will automatically reboot).

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Note. This drive does not use the
write precomp or landing
zone
parameters. Set these parameters to zero.
Recommendation
After you configure your computer, we recommend that you use
Disk Manager to partition and format your drive.
If your computer
was built before mid-1994, you probably will not be able to
access the full capacity of your new drive unless you use Disk
Manager
. See page 14 for information on “Installation using Disk
Manager.”
If you do not want to use Disk Manager, you can use the stan-
dard DOS commands to partition and format your drive, as
described on page 16.
BIOS Settings
Drive Cylinders Heads Sectors
ST32532A
CHS addressing
Addressable sectors 4,956
4,995,648 16 —63 —

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Addressing drive-capacity limitations
Some DOS-based computers and operating systems are not
designed to accommodate large-capacity hard disc drives. The
three most common system limitations are listed below, along
with suggestions for overcoming these limitations. See your sys-
tem manual to determine which (if any) of these limitations
applies to your computer.
528-Mbyte limit
The BIOS in some older computers cannot accommodate drives
with capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. Seagate provides free
Disk Manager software with your drive to overcome this limita-
tion. Alternatively, you can purchase a hard drive controller or a
BIOS upgrade that supports drives with capacities greater than
528 Mbytes.
The 32-bit disk access feature in Windows 3.1 does not work
with drives that have capacities greater than 528 Mbytes. If you
want to use 32-bit disk access with Windows 3.1, see the file
SEG32BIT.TXT, located on your DiscWizard diskette, for further
information.
4,096-cylinder limit
The BIOS in some computers cannot support drives that have
more than 4,096 cylinders (approximately 2.1 Gbytes).
If you
install a drive with more than 4,096 cylinders in one of these
computers, the computer may “freeze” or fail to boot . If you have
this problem, see “Additional troubleshooting tips” on page 24.

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Partition-size limit
DOS/Windows and Windows 95 cannot access drive partitions
larger than 2.147 Gbytes. You can overcome this limitation using
the Disk Manager software or the DOS FDISK command to
divide your drive into several smaller partitions. Each partition
acts as a separate logical drive, with its own drive letter. If most
of your files are smaller than 50 Kbytes, you should divide your
drive into partitions of 1 Gbyte or less to make the most efficient
use of your disc space.
BIOS upgrades
If you need to upgrade your BIOS, contact the appropriate BIOS
manufacturer listed below:
American Megatrends (AMI) 1-800-828-9264
http://www.megatrends.com
Award Software International, Inc . 1-800-800-2467
http://www.award.com
Microid Research/Mr. BIOS 1-978-686-6468
(Upgrades from Unicore Software)
http://www.mrbios.com
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. 1-800-767-5465
(Upgrades from Microfirmware)
http://www.ptltd.com
SystemSoft
http://www.systemsoft.com

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Partitioning and formatting your drive
One drive:
For a quick installation, use the Disk Manager software to parti-
tion and format your Seagate drive. Disk Manager also ensures
that your computer can access the full capacity of your hard
drive. See “Installation using Disk Manager” on page 14.
You can also use the FDISK.EXE command. See “Standard
DOS installation” on page 16.
To complete installation using Windows 95 or Windows 98:
•Boot your computer from the Windows 95 or Windows 98
startup diskette with the CD-ROM loaded.
•Note the drive letter for your CD-ROM device.
•At the A: prompt, type
x: setup, where
x is the letter of your
CD-ROM drive.
•Continue with the Windows setup instructions.
Two drives:
Use DiscWizard for a complete customized set of step-by-step
instructions to install an additional drive. See “The easiest way to
install your drive” on page 1.
To add a slave drive without using DiscWizard, use the
FDISK.EXE command. See “Standard DOS installation” on page
16.
To add a slave drive using Windows 95 or Windows 98:
•Click START.
•Choose RUN.
Type FDISK. See “Standard DOS installation” on page 16.

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Installation using Disk Manager
1. Boot your computer from your DiscWizard diskette. Booting
from a diskette ensures that the Disk Manager installation
does not conflict with any other software. The Disk Manager
software is stored on this diskette and automatically starts.
Or at the A: prompt, type DM and press ENTER.
2. Follow the onscreen instructions until you see the
Select an
Installation Option menu.
3. Select either
(E)asy Disk Installation or (A)dvanced Disk
Installation.
Disk Manager lists all the hard drives that it detects. You
should see your new Seagate drive and your existing hard
drive, if any.
If any hard drive is not recognized, exit Disk Manager and
turn off your computer. Check all cables, jumpers and BIOS
settings. Then start at Step 1 to run Disk Manager again.
4. If Disk Manager recognizes all your drives, select the drive
you want to install and press ENTER. Disk Manager partitions
and formats the drive.
Note. If your computer cannot accommodate hard drives with
capacities greater than 528 Mbytes or 8.4 Gbytes, Disk
Manager installs a
Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) on your
hard drive. If this driver has been installed, you should
see a blue Disk Manager banner each time you boot your
computer. See the Disk Manager online manual for
details.
5. Follow the instructions in the post-installation screens and
continue with your Windows 95 or Windows 98 installation.

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Windows 95 or Windows 98 installation
1. Boot your computer from the Windows 95 or Windows 98
startup diskette with the CD-ROM loaded.
2. Note the drive letter for your CD-ROM device.
3. At the A: prompt, type
x:
setup, where
x is the letter of your
CD-ROM drive.
4. Continue with the Windows setup instructions.
You’re Done!

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Standard DOS installation
Caution. Partitioning or formatting a drive erases all
data on it. Seagate assumes no liability if you erase
your data.
Drive partitioning
Partitioning a hard drive divides it into sections (partitions) that
behave as separate logical drives (labeled C,D,E, etc.). Because
DOS computers cannot access partitions larger than 2.1 Gbytes,
you must divide large hard drives into multiple partitions. In cre-
ating partitions, keep in mind that the larger the partition, the
more drive space is taken up in unused clusters. For this reason,
if most of your files are smaller than 50 Kbytes, you should use
partitions of 1 Gbyte or less. To partition your new drive:
1. Insert a bootable DOS diskette into your diskette drive and
restart your computer. (Seagate recommends using DOS Ver-
sion 5.0 or greater.)
2. Insert a DOS program diskette that has the FDISK.EXE and
FORMAT.COM programs into your diskette drive. At the A:
prompt, type FDISK and press ENTER.
3. If you have two hard drives installed, the FDISK menu dis-
plays five options. Option five allows you to select the drive
you want to partition. Make sure that your new drive is
selected.
4. Select “Create DOS partition or logical DOS drive” by press-
ing 1. Then press ENTER.
5. Select “Create primary DOS partition” by pressing 1 again.
Then press ENTER.Create your first drive partition. If you are
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