Hard Disk Drive Installation Procedures:
Mac OS
Please take note that HDD are electronics device that are sensitive to
ESD (Electro Static Discharge), also known as static electricity. Therefore,
take precautions during the HDD installation process so as not to cause
ESD damages to the HDD.
When installing the new HDD, you should be careful not to loosen any
connection to other devices, as this may cause unnecessary failures which
are not genuine.
SCSI Drives
If you are installing a SCSI drive, you must make sure to set the jumpers
to the proper address. If you are installing the new HDD as a "single
HDD drive" configuration, the address can be set to "0". If
you are installing the new HDD as a "second drive" configuration, the
address can be anything except "0" (the primary drive) or "3"
(SCSI address "3" is reserved for the internal CD-Rom Drive.)
Connect the drive to the SCSI ribbon cable and power cable. You are now
ready to Initialize the drive. See "Initializing your New Drive".
IDE/ATA Drives
If you are installing the new HDD as a "single HDD drive" configuration,
connect your new drive to the IDE ribbon cable and power cable. You are
now ready to Initialize the drive. See "Initializing your New Drive".
If you are installing the new HDD as the "slave HDD drive" or as the
"second HDD drive" configuration, configure the drive as a "Slave"
with the jumpers using the chart on the drive label as a guide. It is
important to note that the "Master Drive" MUST be at the END
connection of the ribbon cable and the "Slave Drive" MUST be
connected to the MIDDLE connection on the IDE ribbon cable. Properly connecte
the drives to the IDE ribbon cable and power cables. You are now ready
to Initialize the drive. See "Initializing your New Drive".
Please perform a backup of your important data
before proceeding with the installation. We will not be held responsible
should there be any data loss, during or after the installation procedure.
Initializing your New Drive.
-Mac OS 9.2 and earlier.
Stand Alone Drive
You will need to start up your computer from a Startup CD (Use the Mac
OS CD of the current OS you are using.)
Upon startup, you should see a Dialog Box telling you that the drive is
not initialized and asking if you would like to initialize it now. Click
on "OK." The computer will complete the startup process and
the drive should be mounted on the Desktop.
If if you do not get the dialog box at startup, open the "Utilities"
folder on the CD and launch "Drive Setup" ("HDSetup"
for pre OS 7.5 systems). This will list all available drives and tell
you if they can be initialized or not. Select the new drive from the list
and click on "Initialize." (See Picture Below.) Once the new
drive is initialized, it should appear on the desktop.
Drive Setup Utility
Your new drive is now ready for use and you may install the system software
using the installer on the Startup CD.
Additional or Second Drive
Start up your computer as you normally would. Upon startup, you should
see a Dialog Box telling you that the drive is not initialized and asking
if you would like to initialize it now. Click on "OK." The computer
will complete the startup process and the drive should be mounted on the
Desktop.
If if you do not get the dialog box at startup, open your "Utilities"
folder and launch "Drive Setup" ("HDSetup" for pre
OS 7.5 systems). This will list all available drives and tell you if they
can be initialized or not. Select the new drive from the list and click
on "Initialize." (See Picture Below.) Once the new drive is
initialized, it should appear on the desktop.
Drive Setup Utility
Your new drive is now ready for use.
-Mac OS X
Initializing your New Drive.
Stand Alone Drive
You will need to start up your computer from a Startup CD (Use the Mac
OS 9.1 or higher.)
Upon startup, you should see a Dialog Box telling you that the drive is
not initialized and asking if you would like to initialize it now. Click
on "OK." The computer will complete the startup process and
the drive should be mounted on the Desktop.
If if you do not get the dialog box at startup, open the "Utilities"
folder on the CD and launch "Drive Setup." This will list all
available drives and tell you if they can be initialized or not. Select
the new drive from the list and click on "Initialize." (See
Picture Above.) Once the new drive is initialized, it should appear on
the desktop.
Your new drive is now ready for use and you may install the system software
using the installer on the Startup CD. After installing OS 9.1 or higher,
restart and insert the OS X cd, Click on the OS X Installer and the system
will resart and install OS X.
Additional or Second Drive
Start up your computer as you normally would. Upon startup, you should
see a Dialog Box telling you that the drive is not initialized and asking
if you would like to initialize it now. Click on "OK." The computer
will complete the startup process and the drive should be mounted on the
Desktop.
If if you do not get the dialog box at startup, open your "Utilities"
and launch "Drive Utility." This will list all available drives
and tell you if they can be initialized or not. Select the new drive from
the list and click on "Initialize." Once the new drive is initialized,
it should appear on the desktop.
Your new drive is now ready for use.
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