Using A Drive Larger Than 137 Gb - Maxtor STM3250620A - DiamondMax 250 GB Hard Drive Installation Manual

MAXTOR ATA HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE

Using a Drive Larger than 137 GB

To properly access the full capacity of a drive larger than 137 GB, you must install
one of the solutions described below. Using a drive that has been formatted past
the 137 GB barrier on a system without an installed 137 GB solution can result in
data loss.
Ultra ATA/SATA PCI Card Solutions
If your Maxtor hard drive came bundled with a Maxtor SATA/150 or SATA/300 PCI
combo card or you have an installed Ultra ATA PCI card with 48 Bit BIOS support,
you can safely use your drive with the card on Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, and XP.
Note that ATA/100, 66, and 33 PCI cards do not support drives larger than 137 GB
unless specifically noted by the manufacturer. Some system BIOSes do not
support booting to drives attached to an ATA card, so you may only be able to use
this drive as additional storage and not as the boot drive.
If your are interested in adding an Ultra ATA/SATA combo card to your system,
the Maxtor SATA/150 or SATA/300 PCI combo cards are fully compatible with all
Maxtor ATA drive capacities. These Ultra ATA/SATA compatible combo cards are
available from www.maxstore.com or from your local computer retailer.
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Macintosh Note: Most Mac systems
require a Mac-compatible Ultra ATA/133
PCI card (not included) to access the full
capacity of a drive larger than 137 GB.
Mac-compatible ATA/133 cards are
available from Sonnet
(www.sonnettech.com), Miglia
(www.miglia.com), and ACARD
(www.acard.com).