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22 Formatting the Hard Drive

Using a Drive Larger than 137 GB

To properly access the full capacity of a drive larger than 137 GB, you

must install one of the solutions described below. Using a drive that

has been formatted past the 137 GB barrier on a system without an

installed 137 GB solution can result in data loss.

Ultra ATA/133 PCI Card Solutions

If your Maxtor hard drive came bundled with an Ultra ATA/133-

compatible PCI card (such as the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Card or

Maxtor SATA/150 PCI Card), or you have an installed Ultra ATA/133

PCI card, you can safely use your drive with the card on Windows

98SE, Me, 2000, and XP. Note that ATA/100, 66, and 33 PCI cards do

not support drives larger than 137 GB unless specifically noted by the

manufacturer. Some system BIOSes do not support booting to drives

attached to an ATA card, so you may only be able to use this drive as

additional storage and not as the boot drive.

If your are interested in adding an Ultra ATA/133 card to your system,

the Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI Card and Maxtor SATA/150 PCI Card are

fully compatible with all Maxtor ATA drive capacities. These Ultra ATA/

133-compatible products are available from www.maxstore.com or

from your local computer retailer.

Operating System Solutions

The Windows operating systems that natively support the full capacity

of drives larger than 137 GB are:

• Windows XP Home, Service Pack 1 (SP1) and higher

Windows 98/Me Note: Some tools

built into Windows 98/ME, such as

Scandisk and Defrag, do not function

properly on hard drive partitions larger

than 137 GB. Third-party utilities such

as Norton Utilities 2002 can be used

to replace the functionality of

Scandisk and Defrag for partitions

larger than 137 GB.

Macintosh Note: Most Mac systems

require a Mac-compatible Ultra ATA/

133 PCI card (not included) to access

the full capacity of a drive larger than

137 GB. Mac-compatible ATA/133

cards are available from Sonnet

(www.sonnettech.com), Miglia

(www.miglia.com), and ACARD

(www.acard.com).

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