Seagate ST380012ACE manual

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    U Series 9 ce Installation Guide ST316002 2ACE, ST312 0025ACE an d ST380012 ACE A T A Interface Disc Dri ves Publication Number: 100271708, Rev . B, Decem ber 2003 The easie st way to install your driv e DiscWizard TM , available exclusively from Seagate, provides you with cus- tomized installation instructions for your hard drive. Y ou can dow nlo[...]

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    of this sheet. 4. Partition and format the drive Before your n ew drive can store data, it must be partitioned (assigned one or more drive letters) and each partition must be formatted. Y ou can parti- tion and format the drive using DiscW izard or us ing programs built into Windows. Using DiscWizard is generally easier and faster . Partitioning a [...]