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Install the Hard Drive
1. Slide the hard drive into an available 3.5-inch drive bay and
secure the drive with the four mounting screws (two on each
side). For proper grounding, install the screws in the hole
positions (Figure 2).
2. If installing the hard drive as the only device on the cable,
connect the black connector of the IDE interface cable (not
included) to the drive and the blue end of the cable to the IDE
connector on the motherboard. Proceed to step 4.
3. If installing two drives on the same IDE cable,
a. Jumper the bootable drive as Master and the other drive as
Slave; then connect the Master drive to the black connector of
the IDE interface cable and the Slave drive to the gray
connector.
b. Connect the blue end of the IDE interface cable to the IDE
connector on the motherboard (Figure 3).
4. Attach the power supply cable to the 4-pin power connector on
the drive (Figure 4).
5. Verify all cable connections. Replace and secure the system
cover. Reconnect the power cord and power on the computer.
6. Follow the instructions below for your Windows operating
system.
Acronis
®
True Image WD Edition
Acronis True Image WD Edition is a software that assists you with
your hard drive installation and management. Its features include
cloning, drive migration, drive deployment, image backup, and
recovery. In addition, Acronis True Image WD Edition allows you to
create bootable recovery media and full drive image backups that
can be used to recover your entire system or to simply restore a file
or folder. For further information, download the software and its
corresponding user manual at
http://support.wdc.com/retailkit
.
Important:
You can obtain the latest version of Acronis True
Image WD Edition from our website
(requires a WD drive serial
number)
.
To install your drive(s) without using this software, follow
the “Alternate Instructions for Installing a Drive” on page 3.
Pin 1
Figure 4
Figure 3
Gray 40-pin connector
Blue 40-pin
connector
Black 40-pin
connector
SYSTEM
SECONDARY DRIVE
(SLAVE)
PRIMARY DRIVE
(MASTER)
Motherboard
from hard drive
IDE
cable
Power supply cable
connector
interface
Power supply
Interface cable
Note:
IDE interface cable not included.
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