Softpaq Solution:  SP1342
Part Number:  N/A
Title:  Determine Western Digital 1GB Hard Drive Manufacture Date
Version:  N/A

CATEGORY:  Drivers / Miscellaneous 

EFFECTIVE DATE:  1 September, 1995

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Any Compaq Desktop products configured with the Western Digital WDAC31000 1GB IDE Hard Drive

OPERATING SYSTEM:  DOS

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  Windows 3.1x

SUPERSEDES:  None

DESCRIPTION:  
This program reports the date the Western Digital WDAC31000 1GB Hard Drive was manufactured. This utility was designed to be used by field technicians in their effort to identify the product manufacture date and related information. The utility will autoexecute upon booting to the diskette created from the SoftPaq utility.

HOW TO USE:

1.  Obtain 1 formatted 1.44 MB diskette.

2.  Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive and change to that directory.  The file that is downloaded is SP1342.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file:
    SP1342 [ENTER]
    You will be prompted to place the formatted 1.44 MB diskette into a diskette drive to create the diskette.

4.  After the diskette is created, you may delete the downloaded file SP1342.EXE if you wish.

5.  Insert the diskette into the computer to be tested and reboot the computer.  The utility will automatically execute and provide the required information on screen.  After completing the process, remove the diskette and power cycle the computer to resume normal operations.

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