Home » Western Digital » Hard Drives » Western Digital WD2500AAJB

Western Digital WD2500AAJB Support Question

Find answers below for this question about Western Digital WD2500AAJB - Caviar 250 GB Hard Drive.
Need a Western Digital WD2500AAJB manual? We have 3 online manuals for this item!

Western Digital Overview Questions Manuals Reviews Videos Research

Question posted by iamtim1954 on May 22nd, 2011

New Purchase Of A Wd2500jb For Upgrade

I have a Gateway E4100. It is a form factor i guess you call it. Will the Bios in my computer support this HDD? BIOS is AMI 4/22/04. Thank you for your time and patience

I Know the Answer!

I have the same question
Request More Information

Current Answers

There are currently no answers that have been posted for this question.
Be the first to post an answer!

Remember that you can earn up to 1,100 points for every answer you submit. The better the quality of your answer, the better chance it has to be accepted.

Related Western Digital WD2500AAJB Manual Pages

Product Specifications - Page 1

... WD3200AAKS WD3200AAJS WD3200AAJB WD2500AAKS WD2500AAJS WD2500AAJB WIDTH/HEIGHT 3.5-inch/1-inch WD1600AAJS WD1600AAJB WD800AAJS WD800AAJB ROTATIONAL SPEED 7200 RPM CAPACITIES 80 GB to 1TB Note: Not all products may be available in their systems. Reliability We understand the importance of human hearing. WD Caviar® Blue™ Desktop Hard Drives With SATA and PATA interfaces...

Product Specifications - Page 2

WD Caviar Blue Specifications1 Model number Interface Formatted capacity User sectors per drive LBA support SATA latching connector Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2 Performance Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained) Cache (... ± .01 in.) Weight (lb./kg, ± 10%) 1 TB WD10EALS SATA 3 Gb/s 1,000,204 MB 1,953,525,169 Yes Yes Yes 3.5-inch Yes...

Product Specifications - Page 3

WD Caviar Blue Specifications1 Model number Interface Formatted capacity User sectors per drive LBA support SATA latching connector Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2 Performance Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained) Cache (MB) Rotational speed (RPM) Reliability/Data Integrity Load/unload cycles4 Non-recoverable read errors per bits read...

Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 2

... needed for your WD hard drive on using an anti-static wrist strap. 4. Hard drives can purchase an Ultra ATA/100 PCI controller card at the WD Online store at support.wdc.com. refer servicing to WD authorized personnel only. • Do not unpack your existing data. 3. Articles of drives larger than 137 GB hard drive without a controller card. Gather...

Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 4

... maximum of hard drive utilities called Data Lifeguard Tools with the Macintosh is not supported by carefully ...hard drive installation process. Installation Instructions for Windows 2000/XP Install a Single Hard Drive: 1. You can install two IDE/ATA hard drives on your new hard drive to proceed with your new hard drive by Macintosh's built-in the rear drive bay is larger than 137 GB...

Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 5

... connector Dual (Slave) If the drive you are related to specific hard drive capacities that your system BIOS supports your new hard drive, try an alternate jumper setting to the full capacity. • Certain operating system utilities such as ScanDisk and Defrag may be supported. To run Data Lifeguard Tools: a. upgrade to access full hard drive capacity. Troubleshooting If after the...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 3

... Set Up Your Hard Drive 11 Install a New Boot Drive 11 Install an Additional Storage Drive 14 Install a Drive Larger than 137 GB 17 Drive-to-Drive Copy Utility 19 Hard Drive Information 20 Install the Hard Drive in a Macintosh System 21 22 Troubleshooting Operating System and BIOS Limitations 22 Alternate Instructions for Installing a Drive (Windows XP/2000 24 Hard Drive Formatting Issues...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 5

... support for drives greater than 137 GB: PC ! Western Digital EIDE hard drive ! Windows 98SE (Second Edition) ! WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE 1 Before Getting Started Thank you for hard drives greater than 137 GB Macintosh ! Mounting screws and jumper shunt ! Operating system manual ! Macintosh® OS v8.6 or later Additional system requirements for purchasing...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 8

... your custom installation instructions based on the cable, make sure that the other drive is also jumpered as an Upgrade From a Previously Installed Hard Drive: To ensure the optimal settings for your drive configuration, we recommend you run the Installation Tutorial in your system does not support Cable Select or if you are installing your system...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 11

... power on Your Computer 1. If the drive was detected, you will have to enter the system BIOS to set up the hard drive. INSTALL THE HARD DRIVE - 7 a) To configure the system BIOS, proceed to "Data Lifeguard Tools v11.0" on page 8. Secure the Hard Drive: Secure the Western Digital hard drive in an available 3.5-inch drive bay (typically adjacent to use all four...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 12

...: If your settings and exit the system BIOS. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE Configure the System BIOS Before partitioning and formatting your hard drive, you must use Data Lifeguard Tools to install your new hard drive, upgrade the system BIOS, or install an ATA controller card with onboard BIOS that supports the full drive capacity. Enter your system manual for you...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 15

... format or partition as an additional storage drive. Click on Set Up Your Hard Drive from the list of your new Western Digital hard drive both as a new boot drive as well as the new boot drive and click Next. a) If using the Windows version, the CD autoruns on installing hard drives larger than 137 GB, see page 17. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 16

... now ready to change advanced options and check Custom Partition. 6. If the drive contains existing partitions and if you wish to create or add partitions, you wish to create customized partitions, select the box to set up your new hard drive. Caution: All existing data on your setup options, number of partitions, file format...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 19

... format and partition. Click Erase then Next. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 15 Your hard drive is now ready to 137 GB based on the hard drive. After configuring the partitions, click Next. 7. Caution: Continuing will erase all existing data on your new hard drive. Data Lifeguard Tools is automatically partitioned to the largest capacity up to set up...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 21

... the requirements below . You can purchase an Ultra ATA/100 PCI controller card at the Western Digital Online store at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Alternate Solution: Intel® offers drivers for certain chipsets which provide BIOS support for all of available options. The following versions natively support drives larger than 137 GB, you must follow the instructions...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 22

... you want to Full Size. 7. Select the drive that overcomes your Installation Type. Choose your system's BIOS limitations to achieve full drive capacity. DDO is larger than 137 GB. Click on Partition to format or partition and... TOOLS V11.0 - 18 WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE 5. To create customized partitions, select the box to exit the software and begin ...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 25

...support. b) To install a drive greater than 137 GB (Additional drive) 1. Cable Select is capable of supporting dual IDE/ATA drives, allowing two drives to installing one of the following Macintosh systems: ! You must use your Western Digital hard drive...page 4 for a diagram of your new Western Digital hard drive. c) To install a hard drive less than 137 GB as Master (Master ID=0, Slave ID...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 27

.... Other options are to determine if your hard drive. Contact your drive. 8.4 GB Barrier There is difficult to upgrade your operating system must support extended BIOS functions, and your system BIOS or purchase a controller card. Windows Me ! Windows 98SE (Second Edition) TROUBLESHOOTING - 23 It is an 8.4 GB hard drive limitation on some traditional system BIOSs. Windows...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 29

... new hard drive, try an alternate jumper setting to resolve this issue. Q263045* ! WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE Hard Drive Formatting Issues with Windows 95/98/Me For 32 GB drives and larger, several limitations with the Windows operating system programs have difficulty detecting large capacity hard drives. Q243450* Windows 95 (All versions) Windows 95 does not support...

User Manual (pdf) - Page 31

... hard drive, your hard drive's capacity. Purchase an Ultra ATA controller card. Use our Data Lifeguard Tools CD to be replaced. Microsoft has acknowledged this case the Auto-Detect will generally still detect the drive and FDISK will be reported as minus 64 GB. Other symptoms generally associated with the system or motherboard manufacturer for an available BIOS upgrade...