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Computer installation

Computer installation is the fundamental step, which flutes life to your dead hardware component. Computer installation may be studied under two categories, the former is the hardware installation and the later as software installation.

Let’s get acquainted with the hardware installation under this article. This will be helpful for making self installation. After going through this article you will be able to perform installation of hard drive along with making partition.

You must consider some basic rule. If you are going to install two hard drives or IDE devices over the same IDE Channel (controller), you need to configure the jumper. They should be set as Master and Slave so that they are able to perform with the same IDE cable. On an average there are two IDE Channels (Primary and Secondary) on one motherboard for a total of four IDE devices allowed per system. Let’s assume, if there is one HD and a CD-ROM integrated then you can assemble two more hard drives. You can also do installation of extra hard drive and IDE backup devices.

Steps for initiating computer installation

STEP 1. Turn off the power and remove all cables from the back of the computer.

STEP 2. Gently remove the case screws and remove the case cover.

STEP 3. Secure the Hard Drive into the mounting bay using appropriated screw.

STEP 4. Analyze the configuration of the computer for the presence of any extra IDE port on your current IDE cable(s). If there is one IDE cable, which is already engaged with two IDE devices then you need to incorporate extra IDE cable in order to facilitate the entry of additional hard drive.

STEP 5. Plug in the new or spare IDE port to the new hard drive.

Note: Always insert Red pin closest to the 4-pin Power.

STEP 6. Insert the P4 Power cable into the new hard drive.

STEP 7. Without making mistake put the case cover back onto the case and secure it with the case screws that were previously removed.

STEP 8. Plug all required cables into the computer and then power up the system.

STEP 9. Explore Computer CMOS and use the Auto IDE Detection feature and then save the changes and exit. This will reboot your computer.

STEP 10. Hence, the hard drive is mounted and connected.

Creating partition is another important step towards computer installation.

STEP 1. After getting the hard disk recognized under BIOS, you will need a Bootable Diskette which must contain Files: Fdisk.exe and Format.com. The diskette you use should be a bootable diskette.

STEP 2. Place the bootable diskette into the 1.44MB floppy drive and turn on the computer.

STEP 3.. Wait for the "A:>" prompt, type DIR and it should show three files, Fdisk.exe, Format.com and Command.com.

STEP 4. Now, a Partition is needed so that DOS and Windows will see the new hard drive. At A:> type Fdisk then press enter.

STEP 5. At the Fdisk Menu, create a new partition and select #1 and press Enter.

STEP 6. Then Select #1 for Primary DOS partition and press Enter. Similarly user can increase number of partition.

STEP 7. Fdisk will ask for the size of the partition various sizes of partitions to a hard drive.

STEP 8. Fdisk will ask the End-user to give desired name, if a name is not desired the press Enter when prompted. Reboot the system.

Above computer installation steps would save your valuable time and money.

About the Author

John is a technical expert associated with numerous tech firms including iYogi. iYogi is synergistically aligned to offer services and support like computer optimization services, Printer Installation, Dell support and tech support

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