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16 Formatting the Hard Drive

Installing a New Boot Drive

(Windows 98, Me)

This section provides instructions for installing the hard drive in a new

system as the boot drive or for replacing a failed boot drive in an

existing system using the DOS version of MaxBlast. If your existing

Windows boot drive is working properly, Maxtor recommends using

the Windows version of MaxBlast instead.

Insert the MaxBlast CD in the CD-ROM drive and restart the

system.

When MaxBlast asks if you would like to prepare the drive for use

in your system,

click Yes.

Select your operating system, then choose easy installation

and allow MaxBlast to partition and format the drive using the

standard partitions option.

Your hard drive is automatically

partitioned to the largest capacity by default. The hard drive is

assigned a single drive letter if installing Windows 98 or newer

operating system.

When ﬁnished partitioning and formatting the hard drive,

eject all

CDs or ﬂoppy disks and restart the system.

The DOS version of MaxBlast does not

currently support USB mouse or

keyboard input unless supported by

your system BIOS. If you have a USB

keyboard and/or mouse, you may need

to connect a PS/2 mouse or keyboard

to your system temporarily to navigate

through the program. MaxBlast for

DOS can be operated from the

keyboard using the Tab, Enter/Return,

and arrow keys.

To boot from the MaxBlast CD, you

may need to change the boot

sequence or boot order settings in your

system BIOS to “Floppy > CDROM >

IDE-0” or “A, CDROM, C.” Depending

on your BIOS type (AMI, Award,

Phoenix), the boot sequence settings

may be located on the main setup

screen or under the BIOS FEATURES

SETUP or ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

menus.

If your system cannot boot from a CD,

you can create a bootable MaxBlast

diskette by inserting the MaxBlast CD

into a system running Windows and

choosing Create MaxBlast Installation

Diskette from the menu. If you have

dual optical (CD/DVD) drives, try

booting from the other optical drive.

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