Maxtor 20255400 manual Getting Help

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Getting Help

This sections provides troubleshooting tips and answers frequently asked questions about hard drive installation.

The online Maxtor Knowledge Base contains a wealth of information on hard drive installation and troubleshooting. To access the Maxtor Knowledge Base, go to www.maxtor.com and click on Worldwide Support. Select your region from the map, then choose the Knowledge Base link on the left side of the screen. Some popular help topics are listed below. To look up a specific article by ID, use the "Search by Answer ID" option.

My ATA hard drive is not detected or recognized by the system BIOS. ID# 48

The operating system only recognizes 128 GB or 137 GB of my large capacity drive. ID# 960

Using MaxBlast "Set Hard Drive Size" utility to overcome BIOS capacity limitation. ID# 1361

How can I copy / transfer all the data from my old drive to my new drive? ID# 581

How to copy the operating system from one drive to another drive using MaxBlast 3. ID # 1366

What exactly does MaxBlast do? ID# 1079

Removing MaxBlast. ID# 1360

Should MaxBlast be used to prepare a drive added to an Apple System? ID# 350

Backup and Restore MBR (Master Boot Record) with MaxBlast. ID# 1362

Does MaxBlast work with Red Hat Linux? ID# 391

Partition Magic, Partition Expert, Partition Manager, and MaxBlast. ID# 1376

My hard drive may be defective, how can I test it? ID # 205

Instructions for testing ATA / IDE hard drives with the PowerMax diagnostic. ID # 590

PowerMax Error Codes - What does it mean? ID# 538

MaxBlast partition to partition / drive to drive copy feature does not create bootable drives. ID# 1371

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Contents Installation Guide FCC Declaration of Conformance Contents Part Number P/N Serial Number S/N Warranty Registration InformationHandling the Hard Drive Getting StartedBack Up Your Data Installing the Drive with an Ultra ATA PCI CardImportant Notice for Drives Larger than 137 GB Installing the Drive in a Macintosh Intentionally blank Removing the System Cover Installing the Hard DriveSetting the Jumper Style A1 Style A2 Style B Mounting the Hard Drive Inch Device Bay InstallationInstalling the Hard Drive Attaching the Cables Typical ATA Device Configurations New System or Failed Boot DriveExisting System with Two Atapi CD/DVD/Zip Drives Existing System with Single Atapi CD/DVD/Zip DriveConfiguring the System Bios Pause/Break Key on a Keyboard Formatting the Hard Drive Select your installation scenarioInstalling a New Boot Drive Windows 98, Me No OS found Installing a New Boot Drive Windows 2000, XP Ntldr is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart Formatting the Hard Drive Unplug the ATA cable from both the new and old drives Operating System Solutions Using a Drive Larger than 137 GBUltra ATA/133 PCI Card Solutions Formatting the Hard Drive Chipset Solutions for Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 and XP Getting Help Product Support Warranty ServicesSoftware Downloads Knowledge Base