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- Welcome to DiscWizard!
-
- DiscWizard is a Windows-based installation utility that makes
- adding a new hard drive to your system easy. Follow these steps
- BEFORE attaching your new hard drive:
-
- 1) Make a working copy of the DiscWizard diskette for use
- during the installation of your hard drive.
- Keep the original diskette in a safe place.
-
- 2) Boot your computer and start Windows.
-
- 3) Insert the DiscWizard installation diskette into drive A:.
-
- 4) For Windows 95:
- Select "Run..." from the Start menu. Type a:\setup
-
- For Windows 3.1:
- Select "Run..." from the Program Manager File menu.
- Type a:\setup
-
- 5) Setup will copy DiscWizard files to your hard drive.
- DiscWizard will then:
- -ask you how you wish to place your new drive in your
- system,
- -make custom installation instructions for jumpering and
- attaching your drive, and
- -prepare your new hard drive for use.
-
- Note: Some systems may not support large-capacity hard drives. If
- this is the case with your system, DiscWizard will direct
- you to install your hard drive using Disk Manager, another
- installation utility also included on this diskette. Disk
- Manager will install a Dynamic Drive Overlay (DDO) on your
- hard drive as a software solution to this problem, allowing
- you to realize full drive capacity.
-
- To install your hard disk using Disk Manager, simply follow these
- basic steps:
-
- 1) Following the instructions that DiscWizard provides you,
- set your system Setup (CMOS), jumper your drive(s), and
- physically install your hard disk into your computer.
- Disk Manager assumes power, cables, jumpers, etc.,
- are connected and properly installed.
-
- 2) Insert your DOS diskette in drive A: and boot the computer
- to DOS.
-
- 3) Insert your DiscWizard diskette into drive A: and
- type DM to invoke Disk Manager.
-
- 4) When the installation has completed, remove the DiscWizard
- diskette from drive A: and boot from the hard disk.
-
- See the Disk Manager online manual for more information.
-
- DiscWizard (TM) is a trademark of Seagate Technology, Inc.
- Refer to the License Agreement at the beginning of the DiscWizard
- program.
-
- Disk Manager is copyright 1985-1996 by ONTRACK Data International, Inc.
- Refer to the License Agreement in the Disk Manager online manual.
-
- BIOS LIMITATIONS
- ----------------
- Included here are brief explanations of a number of drive capacity
- limitations that exist in the computer industry. The use of Disk Manager
- and its Dynamic Drive Overlay offers a solution to each of these problems.
-
- *** 528 MB Limitation ***
-
- Using the traditional IDE interface which limits the system to a
- maximum drive capacity of 528 MB. The cause of this limitation
- is Int 13h (BIOS) and IDE field sizes for the CHS (Cylinder, Head,
- and Sector) entries are limited to 1024 Cylinders, 16 Heads and
- 63 Sectors.
-
- Currently, computers are being shipped with a BIOS that implements
- Extended Int 13h or "Logical Block Addressing" (LBA), both of which
- are solutions to the 528 MB limitation.
-
- *** 4096 Cylinder (2.1 GB) Limitation ***
-
- Some computers have a BIOS that does not properly deal the "13th bit".
- The 13th bit is needed to provide support for a drive having 4096 or
- more cylinders. The chart below displays the corresponding cylinder
- values in decimal, hex, and binary values.
-
- DECIMAL HEX BINARY SIZE
- 1023 = 3FF = 10 bits = 528 MB
- 2047 = 7FF = 11 bits = 1.0 GB
- 4095 = FFF = 12 bits = 2.1 GB
- 8191 = 1FFF = 13 bits = 4.2 GB
- 16383 = 3FFF = 14 bits = 8.4 GB
-
- If you have added a new drive and your system locks up at boot time
- (right after turning power on) or during System Setup, there may be
- several causes. Verify that the data cable is properly attached to your
- drive, pin 1 is correct, and the cable is not installed off a row of pins.
- If your new drive is larger than 2.1GB and your System Setup (CMOS) is
- set to "AUTO", you may have a BIOS with a 4096 or greater cylinder
- limitation. In this case, power off your system, remove your new drive,
- and follow the instructions that DiscWizard provides. When configuring
- System Setup (CMOS), DO NOT USE AUTO. Rather, choose one of the
- following:
- - USER DEFINABLE set to 1024 cyls 16 hds 63 sects
- - Drive type 1.
- Another option is to contact your computer manufacturer to get a BIOS
- upgrade that will support more than 4096 cylinders.
-
- *** 6322 Cylinder (3.27 GB) Limitation ***
-
- Some computers have a BIOS that does not properly handle a cylinder value
- over 6322. If you are in the CMOS Setup attempting to set the cylinder
- value higher than 6322 (for a 3.27 GB+ drive) and your computer hangs,
- your computer may have a BIOS with this limitation. To by-pass this
- limitation, you have two options:
- - Set the cylinder value to 1024 or less and use Ontrack's Disk
- Manager.
- - Contact your computer manufacturer for a BIOS upgrade
-
- *** Invalid BIOS information ***
-
- Some computers have a BIOS that may display invalid information in the
- CMOS setup. This issue may show up in one of two ways:
- - The CMOS will display the drive parameters and capacity correctly.
- However, it is not translating the drive correctly.
- - The CMOS will display invalid drive parameters. However, the BIOS
- is translating the drive correctly.
- To ensure your drive is translated to its full capacity, you
- will need to check the actual drive size. This can be done when creating
- partitions on the drive.
-