Installing A New Boot Drive (Windows 98, Me) - Maxtor STM3250620A - DiamondMax 250 GB Hard Drive Installation Manual

MAXTOR ATA HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE

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.
1. Insert the MaxBlast CD in the CD-ROM drive and restart the system.
2. When MaxBlast asks if you would like to prepare the drive for use in your
system, click Yes.
3. 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.
4. When finished partitioning and formatting the hard drive, eject all CDs or
floppy disks and restart the system.
5. If your system boots to a message:
No OS found
Insert the OS setup disk, then press any key.
Insert your Windows boot diskette and press any key.
6. If your system boots to a blue banner:
Press the spacebar, insert your Windows boot diskette, and press the
spacebar again.
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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.
Press spacebar to boot from diskette or Press C
to boot from CD-ROM
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