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6. Select the Disk 0 Unallocated Space and click New to add

another new partition to the hard drive.

7. Enter the capacity of the partition and click Apply.

8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until the desired amount of partitions is

obtained, then click Next to continue installing Windows Vista on

the first partition.

Adding a Second Drive:

1. Start Windows Vista and allow the operating system to boot to

the desktop.

Note: Be sure you are logged in as System Administrator.

2. Once Windows has fully booted up, left-click the Start button to

access Disk Management.

3. Right-click Computer.

4. Left-click Manage.

5. When Computer Management opens, click Disk Management.

Partitioning/Formatting:

Note: In two separate windows, on the right side of the screen, a

graphical representation of the partitions on the installed hard drives

is displayed. The top window is for viewing a drive’s status,

capacity, and file system. The bottom window displays a

representation of the drives in the system beginning with the boot

drive (drive 0). In almost all cases, you will want to work with the

bottom window.

1. Locate the newly installed hard drive and right-click the long

Unallocated banner device listing.

2. Click New Simple Volume from the menu.

3. The New Simple Volume Wizard appears. Click Next to continue.

4. Select the capacity of the first partition you want on this hard

drive. If you want a single partition (single drive letter), leave the

capacity the default value and click Next.

5. You may assign a drive letter that is not already in use by other

devices, then click Next to continue.

6. Leave the allocation unit size at default and label the drive as

desired. Select Perform a quick format and then click Next to

continue.

7. Click Finish when done.

Windows XP/2000

Windows XP/2000 has all the necessary tools to help you properly

install a SATA drive. Depending on your configuration, follow the

appropriate set of instructions below (Single Install or Adding a

Second Drive).

Note: Ensure your drive is detected by your SATA controller during

bootup or in the SATA BIOS by disconnecting any other hard drives

from the computer system until Windows has been completely

installed on the desired hard drive.

Single Install:

If your SATA controller supports RAID, you may need to define your

drive in a RAID Array before Windows can detect the drive, even if

the motherboard or system drivers are being loaded correctly. This

is true even if installing a single drive. Contact your system or RAID

controller manufacturer for assistance on defining your drive in a

RAID Array.

1. Insert the Windows XP or 2000 CD into the CD-ROM drive and

restart the system.

Note: You may need to press the F6 key to load the driver for the

SATA controller before Windows can find a drive to which to

install. See Answer ID 127 in the knowledge base at

support.wdc.com for more information.

2. From the partitioning option screen, create the partition size you

want by pressing C. Note that the FAT32 does not allow

partitions larger than 32 GB. For more information about this

limitation, please see Microsoft Article 184006 at

support.microsoft.com. NTFS format, on the other hand, has no

size limit on partition sizes. After the partition(s) have been

created and formatted, continue with Windows installation.

Adding a Second Drive:

1. Start Windows and allow the operating system to boot to the

desktop.

Note: Be sure you are logged in as System Administrator.

2. Once Windows has fully booted up, click the Start button,

right-click My Computer, then click Manage.

3. When Computer Management opens, click Disk Management.

4. When Disk Management opens, the Initialize and Convert Disk

Wizard may appear.

Note: You must use this wizard to write a Signature to the drive.

Otherwise, the drive will not work with Windows. If the wizard

does not appear, you may need to manually complete this

process following the steps below:

a. Right-click on the name of the drive to be initialized. (Drives are

numbered as follows: drive 0 being the boot drive and drive 1-

3 represents all other drives. For CD-ROM drives, the first is

CD 0, the second CD 1, etc.)

b. Choose Initialize from the menu that appears.

c. The next screen shows the drive you selected to initialize. Make

sure the drive is checked and click Next.

d. You will have the option to convert the drive from basic to

dynamic storage. Leave this unchecked and click Next.

e. Click Finish

For more information about Basic and Dynamic storage, see

Answer ID 282 at support.wdc.com.

Partitioning/Formatting:

Note: In two separate windows, on the right side of the screen, a

graphical representation of the partitions on the installed hard drives

is displayed. The top window is for viewing a drive’s status,

capacity, and file system. The bottom window displays a

representation of the drives in the system beginning with the boot

drive (drive 0). In almost all cases, you will want to work with the

bottom window.

1. Once the disk is initialized, right-click in the unallocated space.

2. Click on Create Partition from the menu.

3. The Create Partition Wizard appears. Click Next to continue.

4. On the next screen select either Primary or Extended Partition

and click Next to continue.

5. You may assign a drive letter that is not in use by other devices if

you wish, then click Next to continue.

6. Leave the allocation unit size at default and label the drive as

desired. Select Perform a quick format and then click Next to

continue.

7. Click Finish when done.

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