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Handling precautions
Caution: Poor handling, physical impact, or electrical shock causes most hard disk drive damage. Heeding
the precautions listed below may eliminate the occurrence of such damage.
• To prevent damage from impact or vibration, always set the drive down gently.
• Do not open the ESD bag containing the drive until required.
• Handle the drive carefully by the edges. Do not touch the exposed printed circuit board
or any electronic components.
• Do not press on the top or bottom of the drive.
• Do not cover the drive’s breather hole.
• Before handling the drive, discharge any static electricity from yourself and your clothing.
With one hand, touch an unpainted metal surface on your computer chassis, and then
touch the ESD bag with the other hand. Remain in contact with the chassis and the bag
for at least two seconds.
Tools for installation
You may need the following items to install the IBM Deskstar drive:
• A flat-blade screwdriver
• A Phillips head screwdriver
• A small needle-nose pliers or tweezers
• Your computer system manual
• Operating system startup diskette (See the FAQ section for instructions to create a
startup diskette.)
• Drive rails (You can purchase drive rails for 5.25-inch bays at your local computer store,
through your system manufacturer, or by calling the IBM Technology Group Support
Center.)
IBM Disk Manager 2000 Easy Installation Software
Overview
Disk Manager 2000 partitions and formats a hard disk drive in less time than traditional partition
and format programs. An integral part of Disk Manager 2000 is the Ontrack Dynamic Drive
Overlay (DDO). DDO provides BIOS support for drives larger than 8.4GB, allowing earlier
systems to utilize a drive’s full capacity.
Compatibility
Disk Manager 2000 is compatible with the following operating systems:
• Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me
• Windows 2000
• Windows NT 4
• Windows NT 3.5x*
• Windows 3.1x and Windows for Workgroups 3.11*
• DOS Versions 5.0 and later*
• OS/2 Warp versions 3.0 and 4.0**
*Disk Manager DOS only
**FAT16 file system support only
Linux, Unix, Apple, and Netware provide their own partitioning and installation software.
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