Installing a New Drive

If you are setting up your new drive, you can use the install instruction links below to assist in mounting the drive, then use the tools built into your operating system to prepare the drive.

Hardware setup instructions:
ATA Hard Drives
https://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=How_To_Install_and_Troubleshoot_ATA_Hard_Drives&vgnextoid=559e5b1142aec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
SATA Hard Drives
https://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=install-troubleshoot-sata-non-mac&vgnextoid=2b089d2c3c90e010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

Operating system preparation instructions:
Windows Vista
https://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=200991&NewLang=en
Windows XP / Windows 2000
https://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=199419&NewLang=en
Windows 98/ME
https://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=pata-troubleshooter-win98-me-drive-setup&vgnextoid=e8314a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
MacOS 10.x
https://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=200971&NewLang=en