Diskette Drive CD-ROM Drive Hard-Disk Drive Installing a Hard-Disk Drive Partitioning and Formatting the Hard-Disk Drive Interchanging Hard-Disk Drives With Earlier Models of the Latitude XPi
Diskette Drive
The computer comes with a 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB diskette drive located at the front of the computer.
CD-ROM Drive
The computer comes with a built-in CD-ROM drive located above the diskette drive at the front of the computer.
Hard-Disk Drive
The computer also comes with a removable hard-disk drive located on the left side of the computer above the 3 audio connectors. The computer automatically senses the hard-disk drive type.
NOTES: Remove any diskettes from the drive before moving the computer. Otherwise, the diskette-eject button, which extends when a disk is in the drive, may be damaged.
The computer's BIOS does not support hard-disk drives received from vendors other than Dell.
CAUTION: To prevent data loss, turn off the computer before removing or installing the hard-disk drive. Do not remove the hard-disk drive if the computer is in suspend mode or if the hard-disk drive access indicator is on. Removing the drive under these conditions leads to loss of data.
To remove the hard disk-drive, perform the following steps:
First turn off the computer.
Pull the drive latch toward the front of the computer until the drive door is halfway out. Grasp the drive door, and pull the drive out of the computer.
Installing a Hard-Disk Drive
CAUTION: Do not drop the drive. Mechanical shock can damage the drive and lead to the loss of data. When the hard-disk drive is not in the computer, protect the drive from exposure to static electricity.
To install the hard-disk drive, perform the following steps:
Turn off the computer.
Insert the drive in the hard-disk drive bay with the drive latch pulled out and pointing toward the front of the computer. (Do not remove or install a hard-disk drive if the computer is in suspend mode. Removing or installing a drive under these conditions will lead to the loss of data.)
Slide the drive all the way into the hard-disk drive bay, and then push in the latch to lock the drive into place.
To physically secure the hard-disk drive in the computer, install a commercially available antitheft device in the security cable slot and turn the key.
Create an MS-DOS bootable diskette. Insert a diskette into the diskette drive of a computer running MS-DOS. At the MS-DOS prompt, type format a:/s and press the
To use the computer's suspend-to-disk feature, you will need the mks2d.exe and rms2d.exe utility programs.
The mks2d.exe and rms2d.exe files are available from several potential sources:
The c:\dellutils directory on the computer's original hard-disk drive
The utility diskette supplied with the computer
The program diskette set that should have been created when the computer was received
Copy the mks2d.exe and rms2d.exe files to the MS-DOS bootable diskette created in step 4. For information on copying files, refer to the documentation provided with your operating system.
If an MS-DOS–compatible system will be used on the new hard-disk drive, also copy the fdisk.exe and format.com MS-DOS files to the MS-DOS bootable diskette.
Turn off the computer, or activate suspend-to-disk mode. Wait until suspend-to-disk mode is complete before continuing this procedure.
If necessary, remove the hard-disk drive currently installed in the hard-disk drive bay. Pull the drive latch toward the front of the computer until the drive door is partially out. Grasp the drive door, and gently pull the drive out of the computer.
Remove the new drive from its packaging. Save the original packaging to use when storing or shipping the hard-disk drive.
Install the new drive. Pull out the drive latch on the drive door. Gently push the drive into the drive bay until the drive door is aligned with the computer case.
CAUTION: If the drive does not slide easily into the bay, pull it out and try again. Do not force the drive into the bay.
Partition and logically format the drive as described in Partitioning and Formatting the Hard-Disk Drive found later in this document.
Install the operating system on the drive.
Use the program diskettes you made when you received your Dell computer. Or, see the documentation that accompanied the operating system.
Test the drive by running the Hard-Disk Drive Test Group in the Dell diagnostics. See Chapter 4, "Running the Dell Diagnostics," in the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide for information on running the diagnostics.
Partitioning and Formatting the Hard-Disk Drive
Partition the hard-disk drive.
Use the partitioning software for your particular operating system. (For an MS-DOS–compatible operating system, use the fdisk.exe program on the MS-DOS bootable diskette you created in Installing a Hard-Disk Drive.)
When the partition(s) on the hard-disk drive are set up, some disk space for the S2D partition must be set aside, rather than having the entire hard-disk drive allocated to the operating system(s). Use the following guidelines to determine the size of the S2D partition:
If you are using an MS-DOS–compatible system on the hard-disk drive and you do not use a file compression utility, allow at least 1 MB of space for the S2D partition. Additional space needed for the S2D storage will be derived from the MS-DOS operating system's file storage space.
If you are using an operating system that is not compatible with MS-DOS, the S2D partition should be at least 2 MB larger than the amount of memory installed in your computer. For example, if you are using the Microsoft� Windows NT� operating system and your computer has 4 MB of memory installed, allow at least 6 MB of space for the S2D partition.
If you are using a file compression utility with an MS-DOS–compatible system on the hard-disk drive, the S2D partition must be 1 MB or larger. In addition, the total capacity of the S2D partition plus the uncompressed physical file space on the physical hard-disk drive must be equal to the amount of system memory plus 2 MB.
For example, a computer with 8 MB of system memory would require a total of 10 MB of space for S2D purposes. Given a 1-MB S2D partition, 9 MB of free space on the uncompressed physical drive would be needed to serve as S2D file space.
Format the hard-disk drive.
If you are using an MS-DOS–compatible operating system on the hard-disk drive, use the format.com program. At the MS-DOS prompt, type a:\format c:/s and press
If you are using an operating system on the hard-disk drive that is not compatible with MS-DOS, refer to the documentation provided with that operating system.
Restart the computer from the MS-DOS bootable diskette you created in Installing a Hard-Disk Drive.
Create the S2D partition.
If you are using an MS-DOS–compatible operating system on the hard-disk drive, type a:\mks2d and press
If you are using an operating system on the hard-disk drive that is not compatible with MS-DOS, or you want to restrict the suspend-to-disk file storage area to the S2D partition, type a:\mks2d -f and press
The mks2d program creates the S2D partition on the hard-disk drive. Once the message appears confirming that the partition has been created, press the
Install your software on the hard-disk drive.
Although it is rare, a drive may lose its physical formatting; if you have trouble with your hard-disk drive, run the Hard-Disk Drive Test Group of the Dell diagnostics. See Chapter 4, "Running the Dell Diagnostics," in the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide for information on running the diagnostic tests.
If you ever need to remove the S2D partition to free up capacity on the hard-disk drive, use the rms2d.exe file on the MS-DOS bootable diskette you created in Installing a Hard-Disk Drive. When more space is available on the drive, you can recreate the S2D partition using the mks2d.exe program.
Interchanging Hard-Disk Drives With Earlier Models of the Latitude XPi
If you are using the Microsoft Windows� 3.x operating system, you can interchange hard-disk drives from the Latitude XP and Latitude XPi CD computers models, and you can use hard-disk drives from those computers in the Latitude XPi. In the Windows 3.x operating system, you must update the video drivers and utilities. For information on obtaining a drive configuration upgrade kit to perform this procedure, call Dell. A similar utility is also available on the Dell BBS.
CAUTION: The Microsoft Windows 95 operating system does not support the interchange of hard-disk drives between Latitude XPi CD computers.Do not interchange drives between Latitude XPi CD computers unless you also reinstall the operating system and all software applications. Interchanging hard-disk drives between computers could result in the loss of data and the corruption of the hard-disk drive.
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