Before you start digging around in your computer...you are going to want to
get everything you need at hand. If you are starting clean and reinstalling
a new version of windows you will want to have a formatted drive and a DOS boot
disk. You can create a boot disk by getting a blank floppy and open My Computer
then right click on (A:) and select format. Then select option "Copy System
files" which then will create a disk for booting up in DOS prompt once
you have fomatted your hard drive for Windows installation. If you have a existing
drive that you want transfer your data to your new hard drive, you will want
to get a DiskCopy utility from (www.powerquest.com). Also note that DISKCOPY
and XCOPY will not copy hidden and system files. Once you have all disk backed
up and ready to move, clear a space on a desk or table and unplug your computer
and carry the case where it is well lighted. Remove the screws holding the out
shell of your case, and remove out shell. Now you should be able to see the
motherboard and all the insides. So you know, the box in the top left with red,
yellow, and black cables coming out is the power supply. At the end of those
wires is a connecter with 4 pin holes. Then the ribbons you see are what transfer
the data from the drive to the motherboard. Look at your existing setup and
look how they connect to the floppy drive etc.
III.The Installation of the HD
Ok. Now your ready to install the hard drive. If your replacing a existing drive
look at the jumper settings on the back of your hard drive. Jumpers are what
tell your computer what its purpose is. They are pins in sets of 2. They look
like this :::[:]:: with ( :=pins and []=the jumper which slids on the pins.
) Once you find out what your existing drive's jumper settings are you then
can set your new hard drives jumper settings to the same as the existing. Most
drives have listed what the settings are but if they are not listed on the actual
hard drive you should refer to the manufacturers website. Your new hard drive
should be set on Master and if your just adding an additional hard drive set
your old one to slave and new one to master. Now when putting in your new drive
you are going to want to slide it in ussually below floppy drive or anywhere
you have room. Once you have it slid in connect the power connector to the drive
and the wide EIDE ribbon with the pink line on the right near the power connector.
Once installation is complete of your hard drive, re-connect the cables and
moniter and turn on the power.
IV.CMOS Check
On boot enter your PC's setup program(On boot it ussually shows you what key
to press for system setup) and check the BIOS for drives 1 and 2 if you added
an additional hard drive. Make sure both drives are set on AUTO so it can detect
and set up correctly. Save and reboot.
