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16 Formatting the Hard Drive
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.
The DOS version of MaxBlast does not
currently support USB mouse or
keyboard input unless supported by
your system BIOS. If you have a USB
keyboard and/or mouse, you may need
to connect a PS/2 mouse or keyboard
to your system temporarily to navigate
through the program. MaxBlast for
DOS can be operated from the
keyboard using the Tab, Enter/Return,
and arrow keys.
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.