Commodore A 2091-40 - Preparing a New Hard Disk

3-20
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Installing
the
A2091-40/A2091
3.2.6 Preparing a New Hard Disk
After
installing
a
hard
disk
other
than
the
one
included
with
the
A2091-40,
you
will
need
to
prepare
it
following
the
steps
below.
Please
refer
to
the
section
Using
the
Installation
Software
if
you
need more
information,
Please
note
that
if
your
hard
disk
is
less
than
40
MB,
it
will
default
to
one
bootable
partition.
If
your
hard
disk
is
40
MB or
larger,
it
will
default
to
two
partitions,
with
the
first
partition
being
bootable.
1.
Boot
your
system
with
the
A2091
Installation
Software
disk.
Do
not
boot
from
the
hard
disk.
2.
Double-click
on
the
A2091
Installation
Software
icon
3.
Double-click
on
the
HDToolbox
icon.
4.
Click
on
Change
Drive
Type
on
the
Hard
Drive
Preparation,
Partitioning
and
Formatting
screen.
5.
Click
on
SCSI,
and
then
click
on
the
correct
drive
type
if
listed
on
the
screen.
If
the
appropriate
drive
type
is
not
listed,
click
on
Define
new
drive
type.
You
can
type
in
the
drive's
specifications
or
you can
have
the
system
try
to
read
the
drive's
specifications
by
clicking
on
Read
Configuration
from
Drive.
When
the
correct
specifications
are
selected,
click
on
OK.
6,
Click
on
OK
and
return
to
the
Hard
Drive
Preparation,
Partitioning
and
Formatting
screen.
7.
Click
on
Low-level
Format
Drive.
At
the
requester
click
on
Low-level
Format.
8.
Click
on
Verify
Data
on
Drive.
This
will
check
the
hard
disk
for
bad
blocks.
Note
that
some
hard
disks,
such
as
some
Seagates,
do
not
support
this
feature
and
may
cause
your
system
to
lock
up.
If
you
select
Verify
Data
on
Drive,
and
ten
minutes
pass
without
the
screen
message
changing,
your
hard
disk
does
not
support
this
feature.
If
this
occurs,
reboot
your
system
and
prepare
your
hard
disk,
omitting
this
step.
9. Click on OK.
10. Click on Save Changes to Drive.
11. Reboot your system.