Seagate ST34342A - Medalist 4.3 GB Hard Drive User manual

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Medalist 4342 (ST34342A)
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Medalist 3232 (ST33232A)
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Medalist 2122 (ST32122A)
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Installation Guide
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© 1998 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved.
Publication Number: 21200096-001, Rev. C, October 1998
Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Seagate logo, Medalist and
the Medalist logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technol-
ogy, Inc. DiscWizard, SeaFAX, SeaFONE, SeaTDD and Sea-
BOARD are either trademarks or registered trademarks of
Seagate Technology, 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
One drive or two..................................................................... 4
Attaching cables and mounting the drive............................ 6
Configuring your computer................................................... 9
Addressing drive capacity limitations................................ 11
Installation using Disk Manager ......................................... 14
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 ......................................... 38
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The easiest way to install your drive
DiscWizardis Seagate’s exclusive Win-
dows program 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 com-
puters 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 3.
x
or Windows 95.
If you can run DiscWizard
, follow the instructions on the
DiscWizard diskette to install your drive. If you need addi-
tional 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 interface cable (max length: 18 inches) with
available 40-pin connector.
•An unused drive power cable for your new drive
•A bootable system diskette
•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 at the right 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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One drive or two?
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 will be 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
135
246
Slave
Master or single drive
pin 1
4-pin power
connector
40-pin ATA
interface
connector

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Attaching cables and mounting the drive
1. If you are installing a new ATA interface cable, attach one end
of the cable to the interface connector on your computer or
host adapter. The ATA cable must be no more than 18 inches
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. If you have two drives, attach the second drive to the
second connector.
Figure 2. Attaching the cables
Caution. To avoid damaging the connector pins, make
sure to align pin 1 on the computer or host adapter 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. 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. Do not over-
tighten the screws. Insert the screws no more than 0.22 inch
into the bottom-mounting holes and no more than 0.14 inch
into the side-mounting holes. Do not use metric screws.

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Figure 4. Interface cable connection
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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
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 and enter the CHS values
from the table on page 10.
4. Save the settings and exit the System Setup program (your
computer will automatically reboot).

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Note. Set the
write precomp
or
landing zone
parameters
to zero.
Recommendation
We recommend you use Disk Manager to partition and format
your drive, especially if your computer was built before mid-1994.
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
ST34342A
CHS addressing
Addressable sectors 8,894
8,404,830 15
—63 —
ST33232A
CHS addressing
Addressable sectors 6,253
6,303,024 16
—63 —
ST32122A
CHS addressing
Addressable sectors 4,092
4,124,736 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 methods for overcoming these limitations. See your system
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.
4,092-cylinder limit
The BIOS in some computers cannot support drives that have
more than 4,092 cylinders (approximately 2.1 Gbytes).
If you
install a drive with more than 4,092 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
for more information.

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8.4-Gbtye limit
If your drive’s capacity is greater than 8.4 Gbytes, the capacity
may exceed the limits of your system BIOS and operating sys-
tem. DOS and Windows operating systems and most system
BIOS’s limit the drive partitions to 8.4 Gbytes per physical drive.
Because of this limitation, a 32-bit file allocation table (FAT32) is
needed to support drive capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes.
To achieve your drive’s full capacity, you need a Windows operat-
ing system that supports FAT32
and
device support for drive
capacities greater than 8.4 Gbytes, from one of the following:
•Third-party device driver, such as Disk Manager (Disk Man-
ager is provided on the DiscWizard diskette included with your
drive),
or
•An intelligent ATA host adapter,
or
•A system BIOS upgrade

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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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Installation using Disk Manager
1. Boot your computer from a bootable system diskette (use MS
DOS Version 5.0 or later). Booting from a diskette ensures
that the Disk Manager installation does not conflict with any
terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs.
2. Insert your DiscWizard diskette.The Disk Manager software is
stored on this diskette.
3. At the DOS prompt, type DM and press ENTER.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions until you see the
Select an
Installation Option
menu.
5. Select either
(E)asy Disk Installation or (A)dvanced Disk
Installation.
Because DOS computers cannot access partitions larger
than 2.1 Gbytes, Disk Manager may have to divide your hard
drive into multiple partitions.
If you select
(E)asy Disk Installation
, Disk Manager creates a
2.1-Gbyte partition and a second partition using the remain-
der of your hard disc. However, if most of your files are
smaller than 32 Kbytes, you may want to create several
smaller partitions to make more efficient use of your hard disc
space. To create smaller partitions, select
(A) Advanced Disk
Installation
from the Disk Manager main menu.
6. At this point, Disk Manager lists all the hard drives that it can
recognize. 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.

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7. If Disk Manager recognizes all your drives, select the drive
you want to install and press ENTER. Disk Manager partitions
and formats the drive. If your new drive is the master drive
(drive C), Disk Manager also configures the drive so that you
can boot from it.
Note. If your computer cannot accommodate hard drives with
capacities greater than 528 Mbytes, 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 com-
puter. See the Disk Manager online manual for details.
8. Follow the instructions in the post-installation screens.
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
function as separate logical drives (labeled C,D,E, etc.).
Because DOS computers cannot access partitions larger than
2.1 Gbytes, you must divide large-capacity hard drives into multi-
ple partitions. In creating 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 32 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 later.)
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 displays
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 pressing
1. Then press ENTER.
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