Maxtor HDD Installation Manual page 21

Press spacebar to boot from diskette or
Press C to boot from CD-ROM
Figure 13
Maxtor Banner
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.
If your system boots to a blue banner: (Figure 13)
Press the spacebar, insert your Windows boot diskette, and press
the spacebar again.
6. Select the option to start the computer with CD-ROM support
so that Windows Setup can access the CD-ROM drive.
After the system boot disk 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 D, E, F, etc.
7. Note the CD-ROM drive letter, and insert your Windows CD in
the CD-ROM drive.
8. At the A:\ prompt, type X: (where X is the CD-ROM drive letter)
and press Enter.
9. At the X:\ prompt, type SETUP and press Enter. Follow the
onscreen instructions to install Windows.
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