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Western Digital is a registered trademark of Western Digital
Corporation; IBM PC, AT and XT are registered trademarks of the
International Business Machines Corporation; MS DOS, OS2 and PC DOS
and Xenix are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Speedstor is a registered trademark of Storage Dimensions; Disk
Manager is a registered trademark of Ontrack Computer Corporation.
SCO is a registered trademark of The Santa Crux Operation.
WD1006V-SR1 and WD1006V-SR2
Software Installation
...WARNING..................WARNING......................WARNING...
THE FOLLOWING LOW-LEVEL FORMAT PROCEDURE
WILL DESTROY ALL DATA ON YOUR HARD DRIVE
BACK-UP THE DATA ON YOUR DRIVE BEFORE
CONTINUING WITH LOW LEVEL FORMAT ROUTINE
The format instructions that you follow are simple procedures to tell
the computer that you have either one or two Winchester disk drives
installed and prepares your operating system to recognize the Western
Digital controller.
You will need to know the parameters of your hard disk drives. As a
convenience to you, we have included a list of the most common hard
disk drives and their parameters. To access this list, return to the
STORAGE CONTROLLER menu. If your drive is not listed, contact your
drive manufacturer or consult your drive manual to determine drive
type and parameters.
CAUTION
Avoid system damage by consulting your
Technical Reference manual to ensure that your
drive type is supported by your host BIOS drive
tables. Not all AT-compatibles share the same
drive tables as IBM.
The motherboard BIOS in many older IBM PC AT's or AT compatible
systems do not recognize the 26 sector per track feature of RLL type
hard disk drives. You may perform a low level format of your RLL
drives by one of two methods: 1) Use a third party software such as
Storage Dimensions'or Ontrack; perform the low level format by using
the BIOS ROM on-board the WD1006V-SR1 or WD1006V-SR2 controller.
Low Level Format Using Third Party Software:
Consult your dealer for further information regarding Storage
Dimensions', Ontrack or other third party software. Follow the
instructions provided by the software manufacturer.
Low Level Format Using On-board BIOS ROM:
1. Turn on the power.
2. At the A> prompt, load and run the DOS DEBUG utility. Type
DEBUG followed by a RETURN. ("CR" stands for carriage return or
"enter".)
A>DEBUG (CR)
3. At the DEBUG prompt (-), begin the controller format program by
typing the following:
-g=cc00:5
CAUTION
HAVE YOU BACKED UP ALL DATA ON YOUR
HARD DISK DRIVE?
The controller format program displays a menu. Follow the menu
selections one through six. The Change Current Drive Parameters
selection allows you to choose preprogrammed drive parameters or you
may enter the parameters from the keyboard.
Low level formatting the drive sets up track, sector, and error
correction information and initializes the data fields. The "surface
analysis" performs a thorough scan of the drive's media. Running the
surface analysis may take several hours. The "verify drive" option
is a shorter version of the surface analysis test. Both tests report
any defects found and prompts the user to map out these defects.
The "enter defect list" option allows the user to enter the defects
provided by the drive manufacturer. "Select next drive" allows you
to change drives.
5. Partition your drive using the DOS FDISK program.
6. Complete high level format by using the "FORMAT C:/S" or "FORMAT
D:/S" command in your operating system.
Troubleshooting
Problem: 1790 Disk 0 Error.
Cause: No low level format on hard disk. Wrong drive type
selected. Not enough drive power. Bad cables. Improper
drive selection or termination.
Problem: Drive does not partition.
Cause: Check drive types. Note that drive types for the AT
and AT-compatibles differ.
Problem: "Error Reading Fixed Disk" appears when booting from
hard drive.
Cause: DOS partition not active.
Problem: Winchester activity LED continuously lit.
Cause: No problem. Drive LED selected for latched mode.
Problem: DOS returns a seek or ID not found error.
Cause: One possible cause of this problem is a minor incompati-
bility between the WD1006V-SR1 or SR2 and the older
WD1003-RAH or (WD1003-RA2). If the drive has more than
eight heads (for instance, a 16 head drive), the WD1003-
WAH numbers heads 8 through 15 as 0 through 7 in the
media's ID fields. Contrawise, the WD1006V-SR1/SR2
numbers heads 8 through 15 as 8 through 15. To
solve the problem, back up and reformat the drive. This
is not manifested in drives with less than eight heads.
If this is not the cause of the error, then you have a
drive problem.
Problem: Slow and inefficient operation.
Cause: The biggest cause for this problem is an incorrect
interleave factor. Therefore, some experimentation with
the interleave factor may be necessary. (Refer to the
format instructions for setting interleave factor).
Interleave factors are very dependent on the host
operating system and application.
Problem: Not getting full capacity from drive.
Cause: You may have an MFM type drive. Consult your drive
manual. The WD1006V-SR1/2 are designed for use with RLL
type drives only. DO NOT USE WITH MFM DRIVES.