Seagate 545XE Computer Drive User Manual


 
© 1994 Seagate Technology, Inc. All rights reserved
Publication Number: 36294-001, Rev. A
December 1994
Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Seagate logo are registered
trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. Medalist, SeaFAX, SeaFONE,
SeaBOARD and SeaTDD are trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc.
EZ-Drive and Maximum Overdrive are trademarks of Micro House
International, Inc. Other product names are registered trademarks or
trademarks of their owners.
Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings
or specifications. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any
form without written permission from Seagate Technology, Inc.
Contents
Read before you begin...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ST3660A free installation software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Quick software transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Configuring the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Attaching cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mounting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Configuring the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
528-Mbyte system-capacity limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Standard installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Partitioning and formatting the drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Transferring and using the installation software . . . . . . . 11
Transferring the installation software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the installation software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Advanced troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Technical support services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Storing and shipping your drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28