Maxtor SERIAL ATA HARD DRIVE User manual

ATA HARD DRIVE

Installation Guide

P/N: 20210100/A

Contents

1 Getting Started

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Handling the Hard Drive

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Operating System Requirements

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Back Up Your Data

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Important Notice for Drives Larger than 137 GB

. . . . . . . . 3

Installing the Drive with an Ultra/ATA PCI Card

. . . . . . . 3

Installing the Drive in a Macintosh

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Installing the Hard Drive

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Removing the System Cover

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Setting the Jumper

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Mounting the Hard Drive

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Attaching the Cables

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Configuring the System BIOS

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3 Formatting the Hard Drive

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Installing Hard Drive as a Boot Drive

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Installing Hard Drive to Replace Existing Hard Drive

. . . 23

Installing Hard Drive as an Additional Hard Drive

. . . . . . 23

Using a Drive Larger than 137 GB

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4 Getting Help

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Installation Troubleshooting

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Frequently Asked Questions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Contacting Maxtor

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5 Glossary

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Getting Started 2

Getting Started

Thank you for selecting a Maxtor hard drive storage product. This

installation guide will lead you through the installation of your hard drive.

The Maxtor Retail Hard Drive Kit includes the components shown in

Figure 1. Your computer may need some or all of these parts to

complete the installation. You will also need the tools shown in Figure 2

on page 3 including a full version of your operating system to install the

hard drive in your computer.

Handling the Hard Drive

Your hard drive should be handled with care during unpacking and

installation. Damage to hard drives is typically caused by rough handling,

shock, vibration, or electrostatic discharge (ESD). Be aware of the

following precautions when unpacking and handling your hard drive:

•Save the packing materials in case you need to return your hard drive.

•Allow the hard drive to reach room temperature before opening

the anti-static bag.

•Handle the hard drive by its sides. Do not touch the circuit board

electronics on the bottom of the hard drive.

•Do not connect or disconnect any hard drive cables when the

system is powered on.

•Do not drop, jar, or bump the hard drive.

Max•Blast™

Quick Start Poster

(not included with all kits)

Maxtor ATA

Hard Drive

Mounting Screws

Figure 1. Included in this Kit

ATA Interface

Cable

This Installation

Guide

MaxBlast 3

Installation CD

3Getting Started

Back Up Your Data

Protect your data by backing up existing hard drives before installing

your new Maxtor hard drive.

Important Notice for Drives Larger than 137 GB

Windows 98, Me, 2000 (before Service Pack 3), and XP (before Service

Pack 1) operating systems do not properly support the full capacity of an

internal drive larger than 137 GB. See “Using a Drive Larger than 137 GB”

on page 25 for more information.

Installing the Drive with an Ultra/ATA PCI Card

If you are installing this hard drive with an Ultra/ATA PCI adapter card,

use the ATA card documentation to install the card before installing the

hard drive. Some older systems require the use of an ATA card to fully

recognize higher capacity hard drives.

System User Manual

Operating System

CD and Boot Disk

Philips Screwdriver

Small Needle-Nose Pliers

Figure 2. Required Tools

Getting Started 4

Installing the Drive in a Macintosh

If you are installing a drive larger than 137 GB in any Mac, you

must connect the drive to a Mac-compatible Ultra ATA/133 PCI

card to access the full capacity of the drive.

See “Using a Drive

Larger than 137 GB” on page 25 for more information.

If you have a system older than the Power Mac G4, Maxtor

recommends that you attach your drive to a Mac-compatible ATA PCI

card (not included) instead of the on-board ATA controller.

For detailed information on mounting an internal drive in your

Macintosh, go to www.apple.com/support. Once you have mounted

the drive, use this guide to assist you in setting the drive jumper and

attaching the ATA cable.

If you have a Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Door) system, the

jumpers on additional hard drives attached to the built-in ATA ports

must be set to cable select, not to master or slave.

You can format (initialize) and partition the drive using the Apple Drive

Setup Utility (for Mac OS 8.6 or higher) or the Apple Disk Utility (for

Mac OS X). Note that on all beige Power Mac G3 systems (Desktop,

Minitower, All-In-One) and some iMac models (333MHz G3 and

slower), Mac OS X can only be installed on a partition that is within

the first 8 GB of the drive.

5Getting Started

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Installing the Hard Drive 6

Installing the Hard Drive

This chapter describes how to physically install the hard drive in

your computer. The installation steps are as follows:

•Remove the system cover.

•Set the jumper.

•Mount the hard drive in your computer.

•Attach the cables.

•Configure the BIOS (Windows-based systems only).

Removing the System Cover

Turn your computer off.

Unplug your system from the electrical outlet.

Remove the cover from your system case.

Refer to your

system user manual for instructions on removing the cover, or

obtain the services of a qualified installation technician.

Attach a grounding strap or touch a metal portion of

your computer case.

This will ground you to minimize the

risk of exposing the hard drive to electrostatic discharge.

Figure 3. Removing the

System Cover

7Installing the Hard Drive

Setting the Jumper

A jumper is a small plastic piece that slides over a pair of configuration

pins. (See Figure 4.) The next step in the installation process is to set the

jumper on the back of your hard drive so your system can identify the

hard drive.

The following definitions describe the jumper settings:

Master.

This setting can be used if you will be using the new hard

drive as a primary master boot drive or a secondary master additional

storage drive. The hard drive should be connected to the black (master)

connector at the end of the ATA cable.

Slave.

This setting can be used if you will be using the new hard drive

for additional storage only and is not typically used for boot devices on

Windows-based systems. The hard drive should be connected to the

gray (middle) connector on the ATA cable.

Cable Select.

This setting is an alternate method of hard drive

identification that can be used instead of the master and slave settings.

With cable select enabled, all hard drives positioned on the black

(master) connector of the ATA cable will identify as master, and all hard

drives positioned on the gray (middle) connector will identify as slave.

To properly configure cable select, all devices on the same ATA cable

must use the cable select jumper setting and be connected with a 40-pin

Ultra ATA cable like the one included. Before installing a new hard

drive, Maxtor recommends that you check to see if any device currently

Figure 4. A Jumper

Installing the Hard Drive 8

attached to the ATA cable you wish to use is configured as cable select.

You may need to consult the documentation for this device or its

manufacturer for jumper configuration information.

Older systems that do not support Ultra ATA/66 speeds or are dated prior

to November 1998 may not be able to use the cable select jumper option.

If you are uncertain whether your system can use the cable select option,

use the master/slave settings instead.

Determining the Correct Jumper Setting

The correct jumper setting for your hard drive depends on your current

system configuration and how you want to use the new hard drive.

The recommended jumper settings below will work on many, but not

all, systems. See “Typical ATA Device Configurations” on page 13 for

other common scenarios.

•If you are building a new system, use the cable select setting on all

ATA devices to make it easier to configure your system.

•If you have an existing system, check the jumper settings on your

current boot drive and your CD-ROM drive. If these drives are

using master/slave jumper settings, use the master/slave jumper set-

tings on your new hard drive. If your current boot drive and CD-

ROM drive are using the cable select setting, use cable select on the

new hard drive.

Figure 5. Common

Jumper Blocks

Determine the jumper style and

settin gs using Figure 6 on page

9 or the diagram on the drive

Style A1 Style A2

Style B or C

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