Installation guide

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MAXTOR SERIAL ATA HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
A. Existing Windows 2000 or XP System – New drive as “storage only”
The driver for the SATA interface must be installed prior to connecting the hard drive. If you are using a SATA card,
you should physically install it at this time, but do not connect the drive.
1. Boot the system into Windows.
2. Follow the SATA card/motherboard/system manufacturer's instructions for installing the SATA driver.
3. Shut down your system, connect the hard drive, and boot into Windows to format the drive.
4. From the Windows desktop, select: Start / Settings / Control Panel / Administrative Tools /
Computer Management / Disk Management.
5. Initialize the drive as a basic disk. When finished initializing, format the drive using and NTFS file format.