FAQ

To protect your 2.5" IDE Flash Disk from static discharge by making sure you are well grounded before touching the Disk. We recommend wearing a grounded wrist strap throughout the installation process.

STEP 1
1. Make sure your computer is turned off before you open the case.

2. Plug the IDE Flash Disk carefully into the IDE slot on your computer or host adapter.

Caution: Make sure to align pin1 on the computer or host adapter interface connector with pin 1 on your Flash Disk. Pin 1 is indicated by a triangle on the Flash Disk connector.

3.Connect the power cable of the Flash Disk to an unused power connector of the computer.

Caution: If you need to remove your Flash Disk, use BOTH HANDS to carefully pull out it.

4.Check all cable connections and then replace your computer cover.

STEP 2
Before you format or partition your new drive, you must configure your computer's BIOS so that the computer can recognize your new drive.

1. Turn your computer on. As your computer start up, watch the screen for a message describing how to run the system setup program (sometimes called BIOS or CMOS setup). This is usually done by pressing a special key, such as DELETE,ESC, or F1, during startup. See your computer manual for details. Press the appropriate key to run the system setup program.

2.If your BIOS provides automatic drive detection (an "AUTO" drive type), select this option. This allows your computer to configure itself automatically for your new drive. If your BIOS dose not provide automatic drive detection, select "User-defined" drive setting and enter the CHS values from the table.

BIOS Settings (see specification)

Capacity      Cylinders       Heads       Sectors
(unformatted)

3. Save the settings and exit the System Setup program. (your computer will automatically reboot) After you configure your computer, you can use the standard DOS commands to partition and format your Flash Disk, as described below.

STEP 3

To partition your new Flash Disk with Microsoft® DOS program :

1. Insert a bootable DOS diskette into your diskette drive and restart your computer.

2. Insert a DOS program diskette that contains the FDISK.EXE and FORMAT.COM programs into your diskette drive. Use the same DOS version that is on your bootable diskette. At the A: prompt, type FDISK and press ENTER.

3. If you have two IDE devices installed, the FDISK menu displays five options. Option five
allows you to select the drive you want to partition. Make sure that your new drive is selected.

4.Select "Create DOS partition or logical DOS drive" by pressing 1. Then press ENTER.
*We recommend that use Normal/CHS mode to partition your Flash Disk to get the maximum formatted capacity.

5.Select "Create primary DOS partition" by pressing 1 again. Then press ENTER. Create your first drive partition. If you are creating a partition that will be used to boot your computer (drive C), make sure that the partition is marked active.

6.Create an extended partition and additional logical drives as necessary, until all the space on your new hard drive has been partitioned.

7.When the partitioning is complete, FDISK reboots your computer.

Caution: Make sure to use the correct drive letters so that you do not format a drive that already contains data.

8.At the A: prompt, type format c:/s, where c is the letter of your first new partition, Repeat the format process for all the new partitions you have created.

9.After you format your drive, it is ready to use.