Hard Drive Preperation

Before you start, make sure you have at hand everything you may need to perform the installation.

This’ll include a Phillips screwdriver, an antistatic wriststrap, pair of tweezers, a couple of jumper shunts and some drive bay screws.

You’ll also need an emergency MS-DOS startup floppy disk and, depending on lighting conditions, a small flashlight might prove handy.

If you don’t already have one, create an emergency MS-DOS startup disk as follows:

For Windows 98:

• Click Start > Settings > Control Panel
• Select the Startup Disk tab
• Insert a blank floppy disk into your computer’s floppy drive
• Click Create Disk.

For Windows XP:

• Open My Computer
• Click the floppy disk drive to select it
• On the File menu, point to the name of the floppy drive
• Click Format
• Under Format options, click Create an MS-DOS startup disk
• Insert a blank floppy disk into your computer’s floppy drive
• Click Start.

• Hard Drive Upgrade Reasons
• Hard Drive Preperation
• Hard Drive Planning
• Hard Drive Configuration
• Hard Drive Connection
• Configuring BIOS for a Second Hard Drive – including SMART
• Hard Drive Partitioning
• Hard Drive Formating