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Spinpoint M8U-Internal Product Manual REV 3.4
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INSTALLATION
4.6 System Startup Procedure
Once the Spinpoint M8U hard disk drive and along with the adapter board (if required) have been installed in
your system, the drive can now be partitioned and formatted for operation. To set up the drive correctly,
follow these instructions:
1. Power on the system.
2. Typically the system will detect a configuration change automatically. If so, then jump to step 5.
3. Connected Drive Detection normally as removable disk but can not access drive folder, please create
partition & format first.
4. Perform the following steps that applies to your system: (example for XP)
I. Select Control Panel - Computer Management - Disk Manager in OS Utility.
II. Click the right mouse button of Selected USB device disk, and select New Partition.
III. Step 1. Click Next Button.
IV. Step 2. Select Partition Type and Click Next Button.
V. Step3. Select Partition Size and Click Next Button
VI. Step 4. Assign Drive Letter and Click Next Button.
VII. Step 5. Select File System, quick format option and Click Next Button.
VIII. Step 6. Click Finish Button
5. If the system recognizes the drive but experiences problem on properly handling the full capacity of the
drive, run Disk Manager utility program provided by Samsung and follow the instructions. The Disk
Manager utility program is available from Samsung on a floppy diskette, or downloadable from the
Samsung website at
http://www.seagate.com If, after all these steps are successfully completed, your
system will not boot up, then contact technical support.
Table 4-2: Logical Drive Parameters
DESCRIPTION
ST320LM008
ST500LM016
ST750LM024
ST1000LM026
Total Number of
logical sectors
Capacity
625,142,448
976,773,168
1,465,149,168
1,953,525,168
320GB 500GB 750GB 1TB
NOTES:
• The total numbers of sectors is calculated by (Cylinders x Heads x Sectors) of the selected drive
type.
• 1MB = 1,000,000 Bytes, 1GB = 1,000,000,000 Bytes
Accessible capacity may vary as some OS uses binary numbering system for reported capacity.
• Windows 95 or 98 that use FAT16 file system will limit the drive’s logical partition at 2.1GB per
logical drive. Windows95 OSR2 or later allow for the FAT32 file system which provides access to
greater than 2GB of logical capacity.
• A low-level format is not required, as this was done at the factory before shipment.