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| EIDE Hard Drive - Data Lifeguard Tools |
| Data Lifeguard Tools, a set of software utilities that work
in conjunction with the embedded Data Lifeguard features, make hard drive
installation, management, diagnostics and repair simple and worry-free. |
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For drives GREATER than 137 GB
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For drives LESS than 137 GB
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| This release of Data Lifeguard Tools should ONLY be used with drives GREATER than 137GB.
Western Digital does not support usage of this version of DLG on drives less than 137GB.
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This release of Data Lifeguard Tools should ONLY be used with drives LESS than 137GB.
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| External Hard Drive USB 2.0 Drivers |
USB 2.0 Driver
98SE
August, 2002
(1.52 MB)
Install Guide
August, 2002
(PDF, 569 KB)
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Windows 98SE users only: The device drivers are necessary for your system to communicate
with your USB 2.0 external hard drive. You must install the device drivers on your system prior
to connecting the external hard drive. It is not necessary to download the device drivers for
Windows ME, 2000 & XP.
For the following WD USB External Hard Drives:
WD400B005-RNN (40 GB)
WD800B005-RNN (80 GB)
WD1200B005-RNN (120 GB)
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| Promise Ultra TX2 BIOS Upgrade |
Ultra TX2 BIOS
September, 2002
(36 KB)
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This BIOS upgrade is for use with Promise Ultra TX2 controller cards when used with Western Digital hard drives.
Download Instructions:
- Before downloading this BIOS update, you will need to obtain a bootable floppy diskette.
This may be a DOS, Windows 95/98/ME or Windows XP Startup disk.
- Download this ZIP file to a directory on your hard drive.
- Once the file has been downloaded, extract the files to the bootable floppy diskette.
- If the diskette contains an AUTOEXEC.BAT, you will be asked if you wish to update, and you should answer YES.
- Print and follow the BIOS Update Instructions text file that is enclosed in the ZIP file.
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| Archived SCSI Software |
ASPI Menu v1.16
January, 1998
(542 KB) |
This is a MS Windows-based application that uses ASPI to provide
a generic interactive command interface to any SCSI hard drive.
In addition to providing interactive commands to a SCSI hard
drive, this tool provides advanced scripting features for writing
functions such as testing or applying updates to SCSI devices.
ASPIMENU also has extensive help text relating to SCSI.
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WD Bench v1.40
August, 1999
(278 KB)
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This is a MS Windows-based application that uses ASPI to
provide support and utility functions for Western Digital
SCSI hard drives. With this application you can create dump
files that contain support and log data, format drives, short
stroke drives, copy one drive to another, perform read and
write/read qualification testing, generate defect data lists,
and convert between logical and physical addressing schemes.
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WDScan.exe v1.0
August, 1997
(382 KB)
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This is a MS Windows-based application that uses ASPI to
provide a graphic representation of peripherals connected
to the SCSI architecture. The tool's initial release detects
devices, builds the graphic model, and provides a hexadecimal
& ASCII dump of the Inquiry data from the devices detected.
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Notice:
For users familiar with our EZ-Drive, WDDiag, WDATA66, and WDTblchk programs,
these utilities have been replaced with our
new
Data Lifeguard Tools software. Data Lifeguard
Tools is a software suite that combines all
of our EIDE drive installation and management utilities
into one easy to use program. The utilities
are also available separately.
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