SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP2455
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  CPQWDCTL.386
TITLE:  Contura 400 Series Adjustment for Seagate Hard Drives
VERSION:  N/A
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Software Solutions/Laptop

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Contura 400 Series 
(includes Contura 400, 410, 420, and 430)

OPERATING SYSTEM:  The 32-bit disk access driver is for Windows 3.1x 
only.  The firmware adjustment is for all operating systems.

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  Seagate 350-MB or 420-MB hard drive 

EFFECTIVE DATE:  25 Nov 1996

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SUPERSEDES:  SP1653, SP1650, SP1610 
NOTE:  SP2455 does not contain the System ROMPaq diskette contained in 
SP1653 and SP1650.

DESCRIPTION:  This utility is designed to detect the presence of  a 
Seagate 350-MB or 420-MB hard drive on a Contura 400 Series notebook.  
For those hard drives, it reduces the risk of data loss due to potential 
hard drive errors.  Performance degradation as a result of this utility 
is negligible.  The utility executes from a bootable diskette.  First, 
the Softpaq upgrades the Windows 3.1x 32-bit disk access driver, 
CPQWDCTL.386, on some revisions of the Seagate 420-MB hard drive.  It 
then upgrades the firmware of the hard drive.  Finally, on some hard 
drive models, an optional utility to fix hard errors is executed.

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 SP2455.EXE.

3.  From that drive and directory, execute the SoftPaq file: 
    SP2455 [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 
SP2455.EXE if you wish.

5.  Insert the created diskette into drive A: and reboot.  The utility 
begins to execute and provides the required information on the screen.  
After completing the process, if there are no error messages, remove the 
diskette and power cycle the computer to resume normal operations.  The 
power off sequence is Ctrl/Alt/Power (pressing the purple Power button 
by itself will result in a stand-by rather than a power off).

6.  If you see the error message "Error renaming CPQWDCTL.386" it is 
because the file CPQWDCTL.BAK already exists or the file CPQWDCTL.386 
was not already installed.  
    a) If CPQWDCTL.BAK already exists, rename or delete the file from 
       your hard drive.  
    b) If CPQWDCTL.386 is not installed on your hard drive, run Compaq 
       Windows Supplemental diskette (SP1585).  
    c) Run FAST1610.EXE located on the diskette created by this SoftPaq.

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