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Maxtor Drive Install Problem
Hi. I'm running XP SP1 on a Dell Dimmension 8400. I purchased the PC
with a Seagate 160GB SATA harddrive. That works fine. Recently, I purchased and installed a second (non boot) drive. That one is a Maxtor SATA 250GB drive. Maxtor has software used to format the drive called MaxBlast 3. When I run that software, I get a message that says that it needs to update my registry to support a drive bigger than 137GB. I don't understand why it is saying this, since I already have a drive which works and is 160GB. Any thoughts? Thanks, Ken |
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And Maxtor says what?
"Ken" wrote in message ups.com... Hi. I'm running XP SP1 on a Dell Dimmension 8400. I purchased the PC with a Seagate 160GB SATA harddrive. That works fine. Recently, I purchased and installed a second (non boot) drive. That one is a Maxtor SATA 250GB drive. Maxtor has software used to format the drive called MaxBlast 3. When I run that software, I get a message that says that it needs to update my registry to support a drive bigger than 137GB. I don't understand why it is saying this, since I already have a drive which works and is 160GB. Any thoughts? Thanks, Ken |
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I have to wait until Monday to find out. They're closed today. I'll
report back. Happy New Year! |
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Why don't you just partition and format the drive with XP?
"Ken" wrote in message ups.com... Hi. I'm running XP SP1 on a Dell Dimmension 8400. I purchased the PC with a Seagate 160GB SATA harddrive. That works fine. Recently, I purchased and installed a second (non boot) drive. That one is a Maxtor SATA 250GB drive. Maxtor has software used to format the drive called MaxBlast 3. When I run that software, I get a message that says that it needs to update my registry to support a drive bigger than 137GB. I don't understand why it is saying this, since I already have a drive which works and is 160GB. Any thoughts? Thanks, Ken |
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What version of MaxBlast 3? Maxtor has posted a notice on the MaxBlast web
site stating that there was a problem with the "older" versions than 3.6. "Ken" wrote in message ups.com... Hi. I'm running XP SP1 on a Dell Dimmension 8400. I purchased the PC with a Seagate 160GB SATA harddrive. That works fine. Recently, I purchased and installed a second (non boot) drive. That one is a Maxtor SATA 250GB drive. Maxtor has software used to format the drive called MaxBlast 3. When I run that software, I get a message that says that it needs to update my registry to support a drive bigger than 137GB. I don't understand why it is saying this, since I already have a drive which works and is 160GB. Any thoughts? Thanks, Ken |
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"Ken" wrote in message
ups.com... Hi. I'm running XP SP1 on a Dell Dimmension 8400. I purchased the PC with a Seagate 160GB SATA harddrive. That works fine. Recently, I purchased and installed a second (non boot) drive. That one is a Maxtor SATA 250GB drive. Maxtor has software used to format the drive called MaxBlast 3. When I run that software, I get a message that says that it needs to update my registry to support a drive bigger than 137GB. I don't understand why it is saying this, since I already have a drive which works and is 160GB. Any thoughts? Thanks, Ken Ken: Is there any reason why you're not using XP's Disk Management utility (Start Right-click My Computer Manage Computer Management Disk Management) to partition and format your new drive? This XP built-in utility is an excellent program to partition/format your hard drive. It's relatively simple to use and it's effective. Unless you have some unusual reason for doing so, there's no need to use a third-party program such as Maxtor's MaxBLAST program to partition and format your hard drive in an XP environment. I assume your motherboard's BIOS supports large-capacity disks, i.e., disks 137 GB. You say you "already have a drive which works and is 160 GB". And that drive contains a single partition encompassing the entire capacity of the drive, yes? So you're absolutely certain that your motherboard's BIOS supports large-capacity disks, yes? Art |
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I have 3.6. That's what came with my disk on CD. When I checked the
web site, there doesn't seem to be a more recent version. |
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The only reason I haven't used XP to partition is because I don't know
if there is some reason why I should be using Maxtor's program for their disks. Anyone know if there is a reason to do so? Otherwise, I'd just assume use XP's program, since the Maxtor one certainly seems buggy (even 3.6). Thanks, Ken |
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My policy is to use the tools provided by the operating system you're
using. Only use third party partitioning/formating software if there is no other way to accomplish something. On 1 Jan 2005 19:50:14 -0800, "Ken" wrote: The only reason I haven't used XP to partition is because I don't know if there is some reason why I should be using Maxtor's program for their disks. Anyone know if there is a reason to do so? Otherwise, I'd just assume use XP's program, since the Maxtor one certainly seems buggy (even 3.6). Thanks, Ken |
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After using Partition Magic 8.01 100+ times without a stumble my policy is to use what works and it does. Unless Norton tries (d) to fix something that works to add the words "new and improved". On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 06:12:55 GMT, Andy wrote: My policy is to use the tools provided by the operating system you're using. Only use third party partitioning/formating software if there is no other way to accomplish something. On 1 Jan 2005 19:50:14 -0800, "Ken" wrote: The only reason I haven't used XP to partition is because I don't know if there is some reason why I should be using Maxtor's program for their disks. Anyone know if there is a reason to do so? Otherwise, I'd just assume use XP's program, since the Maxtor one certainly seems buggy (even 3.6). Thanks, Ken |
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Hi again. I called Maxtor. The guy there said not to use MaxBlast.
He said to just use XP's disk management, as you recommended. I wonder why they even bother including MaxBlast. Unless the company that makes MaxBlast pays them to include their product. Go figure. Anyway, I ran XP's Disk Management. It did not display my new disk. I rebooted and ran "Rescan Disks." It ran for a second, and my new disk still did not show up. Note that both disks plug directly into their own SATA slot on the motherboard. They are both getting power from a plug on the same cable (two plugs, one cable). Any suggestions? Thanks, Ken |
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Ken wrote:
Hi. I'm running XP SP1 on a Dell Dimmension 8400. I purchased the PC with a Seagate 160GB SATA harddrive. That works fine. Recently, I purchased and installed a second (non boot) drive. That one is a Maxtor SATA 250GB drive. Maxtor has software used to format the drive called MaxBlast 3. When I run that software, I get a message that says that it needs to update my registry to support a drive bigger than 137GB. I don't understand why it is saying this, since I already have a drive which works and is 160GB. Instead of using Maxblast do it from XP itself. Control Panel - Admin Tools - Computer Management, select Disk Management and look lower right for the graphic of the drive. R-click in Unallocated space and Create Partition. Provide you are at XP SP1 this should work -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit) |
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Alex Nichol wrote: 160GB. Instead of using Maxblast do it from XP itself. Control Panel - Admin Tools - Computer Management, select Disk Management and look lower right for the graphic of the drive. R-click in Unallocated space and Create Partition. Provide you are at XP SP1 this should work I tried this, but there is no graphic for the new drive. I tried running Rescan Disks, but still no luck. Does this mean that my drive is not installed properly, or could there be another reason this second drive is not being displayed? Does it matter which SATA data slot I'm using, e.g., must I use 0 and 1 before I use 2 or 3? Also, does the boot drive have to be on a lower number than this second drive? Do I need to tell the BIOS/set up program to look for a new drive? Thanks for any tips, Ken |
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There is still a LARGE number of PCs that can not use the larger ( 137GB)
hard drives, since the BIOS updates have been discontinued. The MaxBlast software offers a method of "cheating" in order to allow Windows XP to use the full capacity. Only to be used as LAST resort!!! "Ken" wrote in message oups.com... Hi again. I called Maxtor. The guy there said not to use MaxBlast. He said to just use XP's disk management, as you recommended. I wonder why they even bother including MaxBlast. Unless the company that makes MaxBlast pays them to include their product. Go figure. Anyway, I ran XP's Disk Management. It did not display my new disk. I rebooted and ran "Rescan Disks." It ran for a second, and my new disk still did not show up. Note that both disks plug directly into their own SATA slot on the motherboard. They are both getting power from a plug on the same cable (two plugs, one cable). Any suggestions? Thanks, Ken |
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Do not forget to also format the drive. Partitions need to be formatted be
their use. "Ken" wrote in message oups.com... Alex Nichol wrote: 160GB. Instead of using Maxblast do it from XP itself. Control Panel - Admin Tools - Computer Management, select Disk Management and look lower right for the graphic of the drive. R-click in Unallocated space and Create Partition. Provide you are at XP SP1 this should work I tried this, but there is no graphic for the new drive. I tried running Rescan Disks, but still no luck. Does this mean that my drive is not installed properly, or could there be another reason this second drive is not being displayed? Does it matter which SATA data slot I'm using, e.g., must I use 0 and 1 before I use 2 or 3? Also, does the boot drive have to be on a lower number than this second drive? Do I need to tell the BIOS/set up program to look for a new drive? Thanks for any tips, Ken |
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