INSTALLATION
2 Hardware, Software and BIOS Requirements
System Hardware Requirements
Maxtor does not recommend installing drives greater than 8.4 GB in a 486 (50 MHz or slower), 286, 386 or older systems. These systems are not designed to support large capacity hard drives. Even if an EIDE interface card or drive management software are used the performance and reliability of the drive in older systems cannot be predicted. The minimum system recommended for drives 8.4 GB and less is a 486 DX 66 MHz system. For drives larger than 8.4 GB it is suggested that the minimum system be a Pentium class system.
BIOS Requirements
Most of the systems with newer BIOS; (typically with a date of July 1994 or newer) support large capacity drives. System BIOS dated prior to September 1997 do not provide support for drives greater than 8.4 GB. To obtain the full capacity of a drive larger than 8.4 GB either a BIOS upgrade, a BIOS enhancer card or the MaxBlast software (version 9.06M or newer) will be required to correctly support the drive.
Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA)
In order to utilize the drives UDMA mode it is required that the mother board or interface card have the full UDMA chip set and the UDMA drivers provided by the manufacturer installed on the system. If the mother board or interface card does not have this capability then UDMA will not be available on the drive
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Operating System Requirements for Drives Larger than 8.4 GB
Due to limitations, DOS operating systems cannot access the full capacity of drives larger than 8.4 GB. The Windows 95 full installation operating system or equivalent – NOT a Windows 95 upgrade from DOS (Windows 3.1 or 3.11) – is required to obtain the full capacity of any hard drive larger than 8.4 GB. This means that the drive cannot be installed using a DOS operating system and then upgraded to Windows 95 or any subsequent release of this operating system, e.g. Windows 98.
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