[. . . ] Because the product has been already optimized with its own configurations. First of all, you must partition and format for recognizing the new drive in the Windows Explorer. [. . . ] This product should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal. C 2. 5" HDD INSTALLATION GUIDE Samsung does NOT guarantee any data on your drive, please always BACK-UP your precious data. Precautions 1MB = 1, 000, 000bytes / 1GB = 1, 000, 000, 000 bytes. Actual accessible capacity may vary from advertised capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the hard drive, as well as due to your computer's operating system. If apply impact to the HDD, it causes a Bad Sector by crashing between Head and Media. Humidity causes a drive malfunction by reacting with an ingredient of oil in Disk and Head surface. Also, parts can be corrode by leaving in humidity. The Names and Content of Toxic and Hazardous Substances or Elements Parts Printed Circuit Assemblies Head Disk Assemblies Toxic and hazardous substances or elements Cd Hg Cr 6+ PBB PBDE Pb O O O O O X O O O O O X O : Indicates that the concentration of the hazardous substance in all h omogeneous materials in the parts is below the relevant threshold of the SJ/T11363-2006 standard. X : Indicates that the concentration of the hazardous substance of at least one of all homogeneous materials in the parts is above the relevant threshold of the SJ/T11363-2006 standard. When use an external case DO NOT DROP! DO NOT PRESS! Samsung Electronics Co. , Ltd. Printed in Korea. BF68-00237A REV02 Do not drop or fall while using and being storage the external case. Check the External case's Grounding External case's Grounding prevents HDD malfunction form ESD PATA Installation Configuring your Hard Disk Drive (Master, Slave) SATA Installation Installing the hard disk Note: SATA 1. 5Gb/s Speed Limit Jumper setting Only for SATA 3. 0Gb/s products. In some rare cases SATA 1. 5Gb/s hosts can not establish SATA interface connection with SATA 3. 0Gb/s devices due to interface protocol issues. In this case the jumper may be installed as shown on the figure below to force the device to negotiate for SATA 1. 5Gb/s speed. Polarity Jumpers (a) Turn off the power of your computer. [. . . ] Incorrect cable connection may damage the hard disk drive. SATA Interface Cable FAQs Power Cable 1. Making Computer Detect the New Device Run the CMOS (BIOS) set-up program to detect the new hard disk drive. Q1 Q2 When using within an USB external case, sometimes drive is not recognized. [. . . ]