Western Digital Hard  (250-0105/6)    Features         Faxback Doc. # 15664
Disk Upgrade Kits

The Western Digital hard drive is an enhanced IDE drive, which means that
the controller circuitry and 40-pin IDE connector are mounted directly on
the hard drive.  It does not require a separate controller card if your
system provides a 40-pin IDE connector on the motherboard or a controller
card.

Enhanced IDE (EIDE) drives support the increased data transfer rates and
higher capacities in systems that are EIDE ready.  Some of the features of
EIDE are:

    Higher capacities - up to 8.4 GB per device

    Supports up to four EIDE devices per system

    Faster host data transfer rates

    Easier setup and autodetection of drives

    Supports CD-ROM and tape drives

    Compatible with standard IDE drives

Because of its compact size (1-inch high), the Western Digital hard drive
is easily incorporated into the newest generation of small desktop and
transportable PC/AT systems.  The Western Digital hard drive is a 3.5-inch
hard drive that can be used in a 3.5-inch bay or in a 5.25-inch bay using
the 5.25-inch mounting frame kit included.

Western Digital hard drives contain an automatic head parking feature that
parks the drive heads in a safe, non-data area when the system power is
turned off.  This allows you to move the computer system without damaging
the hard drive head media.  Third-party head-parking software is not
needed.

The Western Digital hard drive is low-level formatted and defect free.  DO
NOT LOW-LEVEL FORMAT YOUR WESTERN DIGITAL HARD DRIVE.  Although you can use
your Western Digital hard drive with Disk Operating System (DOS) versions
as early as 3.3, we recommend upgrading to DOS 5.0 or above.


(ALL-06/13/95)