Dell Dimension XPS 50 Reference Manual

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support.dell.com Installing Drives 3-2112. If you installed a SCSI hard-disk drive, partition and format the drive. Then installthe operating system and any necessary drivers.For instructions, refer to the next subsection, “Partitioning and Formatting SCSIHard-Disk Drives,” and the operating system documentation.13. Test the SCSI device(s).Test a SCSI hard-disk drive by running the SCSI Devices test group of the DellDiagnostics (refer to “Running the Dell Diagnostics” in Chapter 4).To test a SCSI tape drive, refer to the documentation for the tape drive softwareto perform a tape drive backup and verification test.. 5 +' You may need to use different programs than those provided with the operating sys-tem to partition and format SCSI hard-disk drives. Refer to the documentation thatcame with your SCSI software drivers for information on installing the appropriatedrivers and preparing the SCSI hard-disk drive for use.For the Windows 98 and Windows 2000 operating systems, all drives use a singlepartition with the FAT32 file system. For the Windows NT operating system, all driveshave a 2-GB primary partition that uses a FAT16 file system and a secondary partitionformatted in the NTFS.If you ever have to partition and logically format a SCSI hard-disk drive, use the pro-gram(s) provided by the operating system.