Seagate ST317240A User Manual
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Medalist 17240, 13030, 10231, 8420 and 4310, Rev. B
Supported operating systems
The Disk Manager dynamic drive overlay provides support for
drives that have capacities greater than 528 Mbytes under MS-
DOS, Windows 3.
drives that have capacities greater than 528 Mbytes under MS-
DOS, Windows 3.
x, Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51, Windows
NT 3.50 (requires DM upgrade drivers), OS/2 V3.0 (Warp full
pack), and OS/2 V2.0–3.0 (requires DM upgrade drivers).
pack), and OS/2 V2.0–3.0 (requires DM upgrade drivers).
Before you install a non-DOS operating system on the drive,
install DOS and Disk Manager and make sure that the drive is
bootable. Instructions for running the dynamic drive overlay with
other operating systems are available in the Disk Manager online
manual.
install DOS and Disk Manager and make sure that the drive is
bootable. Instructions for running the dynamic drive overlay with
other operating systems are available in the Disk Manager online
manual.
Removing the dynamic drive overlay
If Disk Manager installs a dynamic drive overlay (DDO) and you
do not need this software to access the full capacity of your
drive, you can remove the dynamic drive overlay without losing
your data. However, you will lose access to the full capacity of
your drive unless you have another method for accessing high-
capacity drives (see
do not need this software to access the full capacity of your
drive, you can remove the dynamic drive overlay without losing
your data. However, you will lose access to the full capacity of
your drive unless you have another method for accessing high-
capacity drives (see
Addressing drive-capacity limitations on
page 11).
Caution. Before you attempt to remove a DDO, make
a backup copy of all the data on your hard drive. Also,
run CHKDSK, SCANDISK or a third-party equivalent to
detect and repair any damaged files before you follow
the procedure below. If the DDO migration program
encounters a serious file problem or is interrupted by a
power loss or hardware failure, the migration will fail
and your data will be lost.
a backup copy of all the data on your hard drive. Also,
run CHKDSK, SCANDISK or a third-party equivalent to
detect and repair any damaged files before you follow
the procedure below. If the DDO migration program
encounters a serious file problem or is interrupted by a
power loss or hardware failure, the migration will fail
and your data will be lost.
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