Maxtor DiamondMax 10 100GB, Инструкция по установке и эксплуатации

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Installation
DiamondMax 10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB Serial ATA 3-15
Whenever possible the Maxtor DiamondMax 10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB
Serial ATA drive should be used on systems with BIOS that support Int 13 extensions.
If that is not possible the following are some techniques that can be used to overcome
this barrier:
• Use a third party software that supplements the BIOS and adds Int 13
extension support.
• Obtain a BIOS upgrade from the system board manufacturer. Many
system board manufacturers allow their BIOS to be upgraded in the field
using special download utilities. Information on BIOS upgrades can be
obtained on the System Board Customer Service respective web sites on
the Internet.
You can choose any drive type that does not exceed the capacity of the drive. Table
3-1 gives the logical parameters that provide the maximum capacity on the
DiamondMax 10 family of hard disk drives.
To match the logical specifications of the drive to the drive type of a particular
BIOS, consult the system’s drive-type table. This table specifies the number of
cylinders, heads, and sectors for a particular drive type.
You must choose a drive type that meets the following requirements:
For the Maxtor DiamondMax 10 80/100/120/160/200/250/300GB Serial ATA:
Logical Cylinders x Logical Heads x Logical Sectors/Track x 512 = 8,455,200,768
Boot the system using the operating system installation disk—for example, MS-
DOS—then follow the installation instructions in the operating system manual.
3.7 Operating system limitations
Most popular operating systems available today have additional limitations which
affect the use of large capacity drives. However, these limitations can not be
corrected on the BIOS and it is up to the operating system manufacturers to release
improved versions to address these problems.
DOS and Windows 95 use a File Allocation Table (FAT) size of 16 bits which will
only support partitions up to 2.1 GB. Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, and
Windows ME use a FAT size of 32 bits, allowing partitions of up to 2.2 terrabytes.
Windows NT, 2000, and XP Use NTFS, which allows partition sizes up to 16
terrabytes.