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EDALIST

ARD

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NSTALLATION

UIDE

Medalist 6540 (ST36540A)
Medalist 5130 (ST35130A)
Medalist 3220 (ST33220A)
for ATA (IDE)-Compatible PCs

ANDLE

WITH

ARE

Disc drives are extremely fragile. Do not drop or jar
your drive.

SING

ISC

IZARD

DiscWizard



is a revolutionary new Windows program that

makes it easy to install your Seagate Medalist

drive.

DiscWizard helps you configure your new drive and your com-
puter. It analyzes your system, lets you select various installa-
tion 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

computer with at least 3 Mbytes of available disc space

and

• You are running Windows 3.

or Windows 95.

If you can run DiscWizard, you do not have to read this
manual. Instead,

before you install your new drive

, follow the

instructions on the DiscWizard diskette to install your drive.
DiscWizard provides all the information you need to install your
new drive.

If you cannot run DiscWizard, follow the instructions in this
installation guide to install and configure your new drive. For

additional information and troubleshooting tips, see the back of

this sheet. This symbol:

indicates that additional informa-

tion on a topic appears on the back of this sheet.

HAT

EED

• Straight-edge and Phillips screwdrivers

• Drive mounting screws

• An ATA host adapter and interface cable (max. length:

18 inches) with enough connectors for 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.

EFORE

EGIN

• 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.

Keep the drive in its antistatic bag until you are ready
to install it.

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.

. S

TANDARD

DOS I

NSTALLATION

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-capacity hard drives into
multiple partitions. In creating partitions, keep in mind that the
larger the partition, the more drive space is taken up in un-
used 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.

2 Insert a DOS program diskette that contains the FDISK.EXE

and FORMAT.COM programs into your diskette drive. Use
the same DOS version that is on your bootable diskette. 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.

3A. I

NSTALLATION

SING

ISK

ANAGER

1 Boot your computer from a bootable DOS 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 soft-

ware 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

(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 remainder of your hard
disc. However, if most of your files are smaller than 50
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)dvanced Disk Installa-

tion

from the Disk Manager main menu.

Protect your drive from static discharge by making sure
you are well grounded before touching the drive. We rec-
ommend wearing a grounded wrist strap throughout the
installation process. Do not touch the connectors or any
part of the printed circuit board.

TTACHING

ABLES

AND

OUNTING

THE

RIVE

1 If you are installing a new ATA interface cable, attach one

end of the cable to the interface connector on your com-
puter 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.

Caution. Make sure to align pin 1 on the com-
puter or host adapter interface connector 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.

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.

7 If Disk Manager recognizes all your drives, select the drive

you want to install and press

ENTER

. Disk Manager parti-

tions 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 disc. 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.

8 Follow the instructions in the post-installation screens.

’

DONE

4 Select “Create DOS partition or logical DOS drive” by

pressing 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 creating a partition that will be used to boot your com-
puter (drive C), make sure that the partition is marked

active

6 Create an extended partition and additional logical drives,

as necessary, until all the space on your new hard drive
has been partitioned.

7 When the partitioning is complete, FDISK reboots your

computer.

Drive Formatting

Caution. Make sure to use the correct drive
letters so that you do not format a drive that
already contains data.

At the A: prompt, type format

: /s, where

is the letter of

your first new partition. Repeat the format process for all the
new partitions you have created.

After you format your drive, it is ready to use.

’

DONE

3 Slide the drive carefully into the drive bay. Secure the drive

with four 6-32 UNC-2A mounting screws in either the side-
mounting holes or the bottom-mounting holes. Do not over-
tighten the screws. The screws should be inserted 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.

Note. If you are mounting the drive in a 5.25-
inch drive bay, you need a mounting adapter or
frame kit. Contact your computer dealer. Some

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

[email protected]

Award Software International, Inc.:

1-415-968-4433

[email protected]

Microid Research / Mr. BIOS:

1-800-451-1943

[email protected]

Phoenix Technologies Ltd.:

1-800-767-5465

[email protected]

SystemSoft:

Contact your computer manufacturer

BIOS Settings
Drive

Cylinders

Heads

Sectors

ST36540A

LBA addressing

840

240

CHS addressing

13,446

Addressable sectors

12,706,470

ST35130A

LBA addressing

661

240

CHS addressing

10,585

Addressable sectors

10,002,825

ST33220A

LBA addressing

781

128

CHS addressing

6,253

Addressable sectors

6,303,024

Note. Set the

write precomp

landing zone

parameters to zero.

4 Save the settings and exit the System Setup program

(your computer will automatically reboot).

After you configure your computer, we recommend you use
Disk Manager to partition and format your drive.

If your com-

puter 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.

For instructions, see Section 3A,

“Installation Using Disk Manager,” below. If you do not want to
use Disk Manager, you can use the standard DOS commands
to partition and format your drive, as described in Section 3B.

1. O

RIVE

If your new Seagate

drive will be the only drive in your com-

puter, you do not have to change any jumper settings. In this
case, skip ahead to “Attaching Cables and Mounting the Drive.”

If you already have one hard drive in your computer and you
are installing a second drive, you must configure one drive as a
master and the other as a slave. The master drive will be the
“boot” drive (drive C), from which the computer loads system
software when it first starts up. To configure your new Seagate
drive as the master, slide a jumper onto pins 7 and 8 (see be-
low). To configure the drive as a slave, remove all jumpers. If
you need to change the jumpers on your existing hard drive,
see the Disk Manager online manual, or contact the drive manu-
facturer.

1 3 5

2 4 6

Drive is slave

Drive is master in single-
or dual-drive system

Master/slave
jumper settings

pin 1

4-pin power

connector

40-pin ATA

interface

connector

2. C

ONFIGURING

OUR

OMPUTER

Before you format or partition your new drive, you must con-
figure your computer’s BIOS so that the computer can recog-
nize your new drive.

1 Turn your computer on. As your computer starts up, watch

the screen for a message describing how to run the sys-
tem setup program (sometimes called BIOS or CMOS
setup). This is usually done by pressing a special key, such
as

DELETE

ESC

, or

, 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 logi-

cal 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 values for your drive from the table at the
top of the next column. If your computer does not sup-
port LBA addressing, enter the CHS values from the
table.

DDRESSING

RIVE

CAPACITY

IMITATIONS

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 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 limitation. 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, install
the Seagate replacement 32-bit access driver, SEG32BIT.386,
as described on the back of this sheet.

4,096-cylinder limit: The BIOS in some computers cannot
support drives that have more than 4,096 cylinders.

If you

install a drive that has more than 4,096 cylinders in one of
these computers, the computer may “freeze” or fail to boot.

you have this problem, see “Advanced Troubleshooting” on the
back side of this sheet.

Pin 1

computers also require drive mounting 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 com-

puter cover. Continue to step 2 below.

Pin 1

Interface
connector