Maxtor Installation Manual page 20

If you miss pressing the CTRL key at the
right time, reboot the system and try again.
Click Next to continue. Allow the MaxBlast Plus II program to partition and format the
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hard 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.
When MaxBlast Plus II is finished formatting the hard drive, remove the system
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boot disk from the floppy drive and reboot the system.
Do one of the following:
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If the system boots to the C:\ prompt:
a. Insert your system boot disk into the floppy drive.
Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to restart the system.
b.
Proceed to step 9.
c.
If the system boots and the following message appears:
EZ-BIOS: Initializing
EZ-BIOS: Hold the CTRL key down for status screen or to boot from floppy
a. Press the CTRL key. This displays the status screen with the following message
at the bottom.
Press A to boot from the A:\ drive
b. Press A. The next screen will display the following:
Insert disk
Press a key
Insert your system boot disk and press any key on the keyboard.
c.
d. Proceed to step 9.
9. When prompted to start the computer with CD-ROM support, select this option
so that Windows will load the CD-ROM driver.
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