Maxtor 20255400 manual Ntldr is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

Press spacebar to boot from diskette or

Press C to boot from CD-ROM

Figure 14

Maxtor Banner

When installing Windows 2000 or XP on a drive that has been formatted with MaxBlast, the Windows installer will inform you that there is an existing partition on the drive. Choose to leave the file system intact and continue with the Windows installation.

the largest capacity by default. The hard drive is assigned a single drive letter if installing Windows 2000 or XP.

4.When MaxBlast is finished formatting the hard drive, remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive and restart the system.

If you are using Windows 2000 or XP, see “Using a Drive Larger than 137 GB” on page 22 to avoid potential data loss. Failure to install the correct service pack and the EnableBigLBA registry patch will cause data loss when accessing the drive beyond 137 GB.

5.If your system boots to a message:

NTLDR is missing

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

Insert your Windows 2000 or XP CD into the CD-ROM drive, and restart your computer.

If your system boots to a blue banner: (Figure 14)

Press the ‘C‘ key, insert your Windows 2000 or XP CD into the CD- ROM drive, and press the spacebar.

6.When prompted to press any key to boot from the Windows CD, press the spacebar and follow the on-screen prompts to install the operating system. If you have trouble booting to the Windows XP CD, see Maxtor Knowledge Base Article #855 at www.maxtorkb.com.

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