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2.0 Preparing to Format Your Drive
Please read this section before proceeding to the formatting in-
structions. Be sure to back up any drive containing data. Formatting
at any level may result in partial or complete loss of data.
Seagate
Technology, Inc. assumes no liability for lost data.
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Always use the same version of DOS throughout the entire process.
On two-drive systems: Always use the same version of DOS on both
drives. When adding a second drive, it is sometimes necessary to
reformat the first drive.
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DOS assigns a logical identifier (C, D, E . ..) to each partition that it
recognizes during the boot load. It assigns these letters to the first
partition on each physical drive in sequential order (e.g., C to Drive
1,
D to Drive 2. Subsequent letters are assigned to the remaining
partitions on Drive 1, followed by Drive 2. See table below for typical
examples:
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For optimum performance, format the drive installed in your system
in the same orientation in which it will be used.
2.1 Paired Program Drive Formatting
Paired Program drives are shipped with a small DOS partition containing
Installation software and a
README
file which has the latest information
for the drive being installed. See Section 3.0.
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