Alcorn McBride Knowledge Base

1. Install or insert the new, blank drive into PC running WinXP.

2. Use the Computer Management program that can be found in My Computer/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/ Computer Management. A wizard window may appear. If it does, just click Cancel to bypass the wizard.

 3. Click on Disk Management in the Storage Section.

4. Find the unpartitioned drive on the right side of the window. First, you'll need to initialize the disk by right clicking on the box that says Disk 1 and selecting Initialize disk.

5. Next, right-click in the black unallocated area and select New Partition.

6. Click next repeatedly until you reach the Format Partition section.

7. Type DVM2 in the Volume Label box and enable Perform a quick Format. Click next then finish.

8. Wait for the drive to finish formatting. It should display Healthy in the status bar when it is finished.

9. Right-click on the DVM2 drive once more and select Mark Partition as Active.

10. Close Computer Management. The formatting procedure is finished.

11. Get the latest operating system from http://www.alcorn.com/support/firmware.html and click on: dvm2v108_t

12. Once saved to your PC, right click on the .zip file and select Extract All.

13. Specify the destination as the root directory of the newly formatted DVM2 drive (i.e., D:\ or E:\, etc.) and click next.

14. Once the extraction has completed, shut down the PC and remove the drive.

15. Make sure the jumper on your drive is set to MASTER

16. Insert the new drive into the DVM2 and try it out.