Precautions
PATA Installation
PATA
Interface
Cable
Avoid extreme temperatures and humidity places.
Humidity causes a drive malfunction
by reacting with an ingredient of
oil in Disk and Head surface.
Also, parts can be corrode by
leaving in humidity.
When use an external case
Do not drop or fall while using and being storage
the external case.
An external case is easy to
transfer, but can be shocked
easily also.
Check the External case's Grounding
External case's Grounding prevents HDD malfunction
form ESD.
DO NOT PRESS!
DO NOT DROP!
Note:
- Turn off the system power !
- Cover opening mechanism and the location
of the hard disk drive may vary from one
computer to another.
Turn off the computer, unplug the external cables, and
open computer cover. Mount the hard disk drive in the
designated place in the computer with screws provided
with the product.
Connect 40 pin interface cable and power cable. Make
sure that the direction of the cables are correct and
matches the shape of the receptacles when connecting
cables. Incorrect cable connection may damage the hard
disk drive.
1. Making Computer Detect the New Device
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Installation Your Hard Drive
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Run the CMOS (BIOS) set-up program to detect the new
hard disk drive.
Go into CMOS screen during the booting of the
computer. For descriptive details of the program, refer to
the computer's user's manual.
Make the computer detect the hard disk.
If your computer supports IDE HDD Auto Detection,
the hard disk drive will automatically be detected.
If your computer does not support auto detect, go
into the User Define Mode and by referring written
information on the product, set the correct settings
for Cylinder, Head, and Sector and if some Bios
must be, set the HDD Mode to LBA.
Save the changed details and exit.
Refer to your Operating System manual or system manual
for partitioning and formatting.
Additional information can be obtained at www.samsunghdd.com.
When using within an USB external case, sometimes
drive is not recognized.
It may be caused by insufficiency of USB DC power.
By supplying a subsidy DC power, the symptom can
be solved.
When using within an USB external case, drive can
not be Format.
First, confirm whether a partition has been created
correctly. Format does not work if there is no partition.
HDD does not be recognized in BIOS setup.
First, confirm whether each cable was
connected correctly.
Confirm whether BIOS setup became correctly.
Even though the HDD recognized in BIOS setup, it
does not be seen in Windows.
Confirm whether did correctly partition and
format.
Partition can be created through the Fdisk or
Installing OS according to OS's version.
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2. Partitioning and Formatting the Drive
3. Samsung World Wide Web Site
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