How do i do this???????

Scrapped>.< · 02-16-2005, 10:39 PM

hi
I had a 200GB Maxtor harddrive, but it died on me 2 week ago so I got a relacement from Maxtor.
My question is that when i first time got my harddrive i had to install the Maxtor MaxBlast 3 to format the harddrive. since now that i am getting a new one. do i need to unistall the Maxtor MaxBlast 3 and install the harddrive and reinstall the Maxtor MaxBlast 3 agian? or do i just pop in the harddrive and format it with the Maxtor MaxBlast 3 with out reinstall it?

dave597 · 02-16-2005, 11:13 PM

a generic format should work. no need to install maxtors software unless it has any other useful features.

robina_80 · 02-16-2005, 11:21 PM

yeah you dont need there software?! just format in msdos or windows

**Praetor** · 02-17-2005, 07:24 AM

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a generic format should work. no need to install maxtors software unless it has any other useful features.

Other than diagnostics (which hopefully u dont need) and a BIOS drivesize limiation adjuster .. not really anything there

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yeah you dont need there software?! just format in msdos or windows

Formatting from windows is advised as DOS formatting superjumbo drives tends not to be so pretty

02-16-2005, 10:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
Scrapped>.< Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 87	How do i do this??????? hi I had a 200GB Maxtor harddrive, but it died on me 2 week ago so I got a relacement from Maxtor. My question is that when i first time got my harddrive i had to install the Maxtor MaxBlast 3 to format the harddrive. since now that i am getting a new one. do i need to unistall the Maxtor MaxBlast 3 and install the harddrive and reinstall the Maxtor MaxBlast 3 agian? or do i just pop in the harddrive and format it with the Maxtor MaxBlast 3 with out reinstall it?

02-16-2005, 11:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
dave597 VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,016	a generic format should work. no need to install maxtors software unless it has any other useful features. __________________ dual monitor 17" CRT and TFT amd athlon 64 3200+ ati 9600 pro 1 gig ram

02-16-2005, 11:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
robina_80 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: LONDON Age: 24 Posts: 1,971	yeah you dont need there software?! just format in msdos or windows __________________ Windows Vista Home Pre x32 AMD 4200X2 S939 512K (2.2) 512M ASUS EN7600GSTOP SILENT 1x80Gb 1x320gb SATA2 2Gb Dual Channel PC3200 Non-ECC DDR Memory Gbyte K8N PRO SLi s939 nF4 530W TAGAN 2FORCE T530-U22 Clabs Aud 2 ZS 7.1 OEM

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