Hard Drive Preparation - Maxtor 91360D8 Installation And Use Manual

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Hard Drive Preparation

To finish the installation, the drive must be partitioned and formatted. Hard drive partitioning and formatting
may be done with the operating system software or with MaxBlast installation software. Select A or B below to
complete the preparation of the Maxtor hard drive.
NOTE: Drive letter assignment is controlled by the operating system and not by the BIOS or MaxBlast. The
operating system assigns drive letters to all devices as follows: (1) to all hard drives and their partitions; (2) to all
other devices like CD-ROM's and tape drives. When adding an additional hard drive to the system, the drive
letters will be automatically changed by the operating system.
A Preparing the hard drive using the operating system software.
IMPORTANT Due to operating system limitations, DOS operating systems cannot access the full capacity of
drives larger than 8.4 GB. The Windows 95 full installation, not an upgrade from DOS, operating system or
equivalent is required to obtain the full capacity of any drive larger than 8.4 GB.
If the system or interface card correctly supports the Maxtor hard drive, the drive may be partitioned and
formatted using the operating system software. If the cylinder limitation jumper (J46) is installed or the BIOS
does not support the hard drive, MaxBlast installation software must be used to prepare the hard drive.
NOTE: All versions of DOS, PC-DOS, DR-DOS and Windows 95a (FAT 16 support) have a partition size
limitation of 2.1 GB. For drives larger than 2.1 GB, the drive must be divided into partitions that do not exceed
the 2.1 GB limitation. Windows 95b (OSR2) does not have this limitation. Windows NT
LINUX and Novell NetWare
contact the manufacturer to verify their support or limitations.
For detailed operating system installation assistance, refer to the system manufacturers user's manual, the
operating system user's manual or contact the manufacturer directly.
B Preparing the hard drive using MaxBlast installation software.
1 Boot the system with the bootable MaxBlast software installation diskette.
2 The MaxBlast installation software will load and the first screen of the program will display. Complete
the information in the System Configuration Information table and follow the on-screen prompts to
complete the hard drive installation.
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should not have this limitation but please refer to their documentation or
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