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the largest capacity by default. The hard drive is assigned a single

drive letter if installing Windows 2000 or XP.

When MaxBlast is ﬁnished formatting the hard drive,

remove

the CD from the CD-ROM drive and restart the system.

If you are using Windows 2000 or XP, see “Using a Drive Larger

than 137 GB” on page 22 to avoid potential data loss. Failure to

install the correct service pack and the EnableBigLBA registry patch

will cause data loss when accessing the drive beyond 137 GB.

If your system boots to a message:

NTLDR is missing

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

Insert your Windows 2000 or XP CD into the CD-ROM drive, and

restart your computer.

If your system boots to a blue banner:

(Figure 14)

Press the ‘C‘ key, insert your Windows 2000 or XP CD into the CD-

ROM drive, and press the spacebar.

When prompted to press any key to boot from the Windows

CD, press the spacebar and follow the on-screen prompts to

install the operating system.

If you have trouble booting to the

Windows XP CD, see Maxtor Knowledge Base Article #855 at

www.maxtorkb.com.

Figure 14

Maxtor Banner

When installing Windows 2000 or XP

on a drive that has been formatted with

MaxBlast, the Windows installer will

inform you that there is an existing

partition on the drive. Choose to leave

the ﬁle system intact and continue with

the Windows installation.

Press spacebar to boot from diskette or

Press C to boot from CD-ROM

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