Maxtor ATA Hard Drive Installation Manual page 24

Press spacebar to boot from diskette or
Press C to boot from CD-ROM
Figure 14. Maxtor Banner
When installing Windows 2000 or XP
on a drive that has been formatted with
MaxBlast 3, the Windows installer will
inform you that there is an existing
partition on the drive. Choose to leave
the file system intact and continue with
the Windows installation.
When MaxBlast is finished formatting the hard drive, remove
4.
the CD from the CD-ROM drive and restart the system.
If you are using Windows 2000 or XP, see "Using a Drive Larger than
137 GB" on page 25 to avoid potential data loss. Failure to install the
correct service pack and the EnableBigLBA registry patch will cause
data loss when accessing the drive beyond 137 GB.
If your system boots to a message:
5.
NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
a) Insert your Windows 2000 or XP CD into the CD-ROM
drive, and restart your computer.
b) Proceed to the next step.
If your system boots to a blue banner:
a) Press the 'C' key, insert your Windows 2000 or XP CD
into the CD-ROM drive, and press the spacebar.
b) Proceed to the next step.
When prompted to press any key to boot from the
6.
Windows CD, press the spacebar and follow the on-screen
prompts to install the operating system. If you have trouble
booting to the Windows XP CD, see Maxtor Knowledge Base
Article #855 at www.maxtorkb.com.
(See Figure 14)
Formatting the Hard Drive
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