Western Digital AC2540 Quick Installation

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Brand: Western Digital
Category: Storage
Model: AC2540 (Quick Installation), pru9vLvCRb/Y6
File Type: PDF
File Size: 0.86 Mb
Pages: 9 pages

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Before you begin, gather these supplies:

Computer system manual DOS and other operating system installation disks or Windows 95 startup disk Operating system manual Small Phillips screwdriver and flat-blade screwdriver Create a Bootable DOS Disk For Windows 3.1x and DOS users, you must have a bootable DOS disk to install your new hard d ...

Set the Drive Jumpers

Western Digital is currently shipping hard drives with two types of connectors. Your hard drive may have either a 6-pin or a 10-pin connector. The first 6 pins on each of the jumper blocks are identical. The additional four pins on the 10-pin connector are reserved for future enhancements. The Western Digital hard drive is factory set f ...

Inspect the bay to see whether it is a 3.5-inch or 5.25-inch bay. The

Western Digital hard drive fits into a 3.5-inch bay. If installing the Western Digital hard drive in a 5.25-inch bay, you must install the 5.25-inch mounting hardware that is provided. You might also need to install the system manufacturer’s drive rails. Consult your op ...

Before using the new hard drive, you need to configure your system

BIOS (CMOS Setup program) and partition and format the hard drive. CMOS Setup The computer system provides an initial setup utility (CMOS Setup) that allows you to tell the system what type of hardware you are using. You access CMOS Setup with a series of keystrokes or r ...

Compatibility: You can use EZ-Drive software with DOS 5.0 and

above, Windows 3.1x, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2 2.1x, and OS/2 Warp. You cannot use EZ-Drive with Novell NetWare or Unix. Data Compression Software: EZ-Drive is compatible with Stacker, Drivespace, and Doublespace disk compression utilities. Other data compression softwa ...

1. Turn your system power off, check the IDE interface and power

supply cables. 2. Check jumper settings. 3. Turn on your system power. 4. Try to enter your CMOS setup, and set the drive type to auto. If your system still doesn’t respond, you may have a system BIOS that doesn’t support drives with more than 4095 cylinders. If this is the case, these solu ...

This option removes EZ-Drive, and returns control of the drive to

your system BIOS. Note: Before uninstalling EZ-Drive, make sure that you have properly configured the BIOS to recognize the full drive capacity. 1. Insert the EZ-Drive disk into drive A. 2. From the A: prompt, type ez and press ENTER. 3. From the EZ-Drive Main Menu, sele ...

2. Some CMOS Setup utilities might have a boot sequence option. If

yours does, verify that the boot sequence is A: then C:. Not all CMOS setup utilities have this option. 3. You correctly partitioned (via the operating system FDISK utility) and formatted (via the operating system FORMAT utility) your newly installed hard drive. 4. You made your primary drive ...

Q: Can I install Windows NT 3.5x, OS/2 2.1x or OS/2 Warp on my

drive that originally was installed with EZ-Drive? A: Yes, but you must disable floppy boot protection before installing EZ-Drive. See EZ-Drive help files for details. Q: I’ve read the entire Troubleshooting section and I still cannot correctly install my drive. A: If none of the solutions ...

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