Back Up Your Data; Important Capacity Notice - Maxtor Installation Manual

Back Up Your Data

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Protect your data by backing up existing hard drives before installing your new Maxtor
hard drive.

Important Capacity Notice

If you are installing this hard drive without an Ultra/ATA PCI adapter card, be sure that your
computer meets the system requirements printed on the Maxtor box. Some older systems
require the use of an ATA card to fully recognize higher capacity hard drives.
If you are installing this hard drive with an Ultra/ATA PCI adapter card, use the ATA card
documentation to install the card before installing the hard drive.
Maxtor recommends that all customers use the MaxBlast
than FDISK, to partition and format the hard drive. See "Frequently Asked Questions" on
page 25 for more information on the MaxBlast Plus II formatting utility.
2 Getting Started
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Plus II installation software, rather
System User Manual
Operating System
CD and/or Boot Disk
Phillips Screwdriver
Small Needle-Nose Pliers
Figure 2. Required Tools