Maxtor SERIAL ATA HARD DRIVE Installation Manual page 16

C. New Windows 98 or Me System or Replacing a Failed 98 or Me Boot Drive
1. Boot your system from the MaxBlast CD.
2. When MaxBlast asks if you would like to prepare the drive for use in your system, click Yes and follow
the on-screen prompts to format and partition your drive.
3. When finished partitioning and formatting the hard drive, eject all CDs or floppy disks and restart the
system.
4. Boot your system from your Windows system boot floppy.
5. When prompted to start the computer with CD-ROM support, select this option so that Windows will load
the CD-ROM driver. After the system boot floppy finishes loading, you should see the A:\prompt. Above the
prompt, you should also see a line saying Drive X = Driver MSCD001 unit 0 where X is the drive letter
assigned to the CD-ROM drive. Depending on how many devices are connected to the ATA/IDE cables,
the assigned CD-ROM drive letter could be E, F, G, etc.
6. Note the CD-ROM drive letter, and insert your Windows CD in the CD-ROM drive.
7. At the A:\ prompt, type X: (where X is the CD-ROM drive letter) and press Enter.
8. At the X:\ prompt, type SETUP and press Enter. Follow the on-screen instructions to install Windows.
9. The Windows installer will detect the SATA interface as a PCI mass storage controller near the end of
the installation process. You will need to provide the drivers for the SATA card at this time.
10. Complete the Windows installation process, then continue to "Set the Boot Sequence (New boot drive
only)" on page 15.
13 Format the Hard Drive