Seagate ST3500601XS-RK Quick Start Guide - Page 5

ENGLISH Windows OS Windows XP or 2000 Pro eSATA host bus adapter (card) installation Turn off the power to your computer. Open the computer case. Install the PCI eSATA card in an available PCI slot on your computer's motherboard. Make sure the card is seated firmly in the slot, install the mounting screw, and tighten down firmly. Close the computer. Turn on the power to the computer. The "Found New Hardware Wizard" (or similar utility) will be displayed. Follow these steps to install the drivers for the new PCI card: 1. Insert the Seagate Disc Utility CD in CD drive. 2. The Seagate eSATA drive menu will appear: click on eSATA PCI Card Menu button. If the main menu does not automatically launch, you can manually open it by clicking welcome.htm on the CD. 3. Click the Windows drivers/utility button. 4. The eSATA300 TX2 Install Wizard will open. Click Next. 5. The License Agreement displays. Click the Accept button, then click Next. 6. Click Install to begin installing the Windows drivers. Note: Some versions of Windows will display a window warning that this software has not passed Windows Logo Testing. If this window appears, click Continue Anyway. 7. When the installation wizard completes installation, click Finish. 8. Follow the Install Host Adapter Card instructions on the Quick Installation Guide for eSATA PCI Card included in this kit. How to reformat and/or partition your drive Your drive is factory formatted for a FAT32 file system and no further formatting is needed for Windows operating systems. However, if you are using Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP and you prefer to use an NTFS file system, you can reformat with either the built-in Disk Management application provided by Microsoft, or the Seagate DiscWizard™ for Windows application located in the Files directory of the Seagate Disc Utility CD. Caution: Reformatting destroys all data on the drive. Back up any data that you want to keep before you reformat the drive. Also, if you reformat to NTFS, you must always log in to BounceBack Express (see page 10) as an Administrator to ensure access to your backup files. What is partitioning? Partitioning divides the disc into separate volumes. It does not increase the capacity of the drive. Creating more than one partition can be helpful in organising your information. For example, you might use one volume (partition) to store your backups and one volume for applications or other information. Each volume receives its own drive letter, so each volume appears to be a separate disc drive in Windows Explorer. Use caution when backing up or copying files protected by NTFS file permissions. If you are considering reformatting your external drive to NTFS, any NTFS security measures normally will be retained. NTFS security can prevent you from accessing your backups later when you need to restore. Be sure you can access your files from other computers before deleting them from their current location; otherwise, your backup may be unusable in the event of a system failure. External Hard Drive 5