Dell OptiPlex GXi Reference And Installation Manual

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7-8 Dell OptiPlex GXiLow-Profile Systems Reference and Installation GuideFigure 7-13. Attaching Hard-Disk DriveCables9. If it is not already connected, connect the otherend of the EIDE cable to the IDE1 connector onthe system board.To locate the IDE1 connector, see Figure 6-1.10. Connect a DC power cable to the power input con-nector on the back of the drive (see Figure 7-13).Check all connectors to be certain that they are prop-erly cabled and firmly seated.11. Replace the expansion-card cage as instructed in“Replacing the Expansion-Card Cage” in Chap-ter 5.12. Replace the computer cover. Then reconnect yourcomputer and peripherals to their power sources,and turn them on.13. Insert a bootable diskette (such as the diagnosticsdiskette) into drive A, and turn on the computersystem.14. Enter the System Setup program, and update theDRIVE 0 category under DRIVES: PRIMARY .See “Drives: Primary and Secondary” in Chapter 2.After you update the drive setting, reboot the system.15. Partition and logically format your drive, asdescribed in the next subsection, before proceed-ing to the next step.16. Test the hard-disk drive by running the Hard-Disk Drive(s) Test Group in the Dell diagnostics.See your Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide forinformation on running the diskette-based diagnos-tics and troubleshooting any problems that mayoccur.17. Install your operating system on your hard-diskdrive.Refer to the documentation that came with youroperating system.Partitioning and Logically FormattingYour EIDE Hard-Disk DriveEIDE hard-disk drives must be physically formatted, par-titioned, and logically formatted before they can be usedto store data. Every hard-disk drive from Dell is physi-cally formatted before it is sent to you.NOTE: On systems with hard-disk drives larger than2 gigabytes (GB), create a primary partition of2 GB and divide the remaining capacity into partitionsof 2 GB or less. For example, a system with a 2.5-GBhard-disk drive would have a primary partition of 2 GB(drive C) and a second partition of 500 megabytes (MB)(drive D). Hard-disk drives must be partitioned this waybecause MS-DOS–based operating systems (includingWindows NT when using a FAT16 file system) do not sup-port drive partitions larger than 2 GB.To partition and logically format your hard-disk drive,use the program(s) offered by your operating system.For MS-DOS, use the fdisk and format commands toperform these procedures. The fdisk and format com-mands are described in the MS-DOS referencedocumentation.CAUTION: You must match the colored stripon the EIDE cable with pin 1 on the IDE1 con-nector to avoid possible damage to yoursystem.EIDE cableIDE1connectorDC powercable