MaxBlast

[poptom]

I'm about to start up a fresh computer with a new pair of Maxtors. Should I use MaxBlast Plus II or DOS/Windows (98se) to format and partition?

[mnosteele52]

Just insert your 98 disk and boot from cdrom first you can do it all from the disk.:)

[Amro]

i hate the new maxblast, the older 1.27s was GREAT. worked on all hdds too

[poptom]

OK. I just wondered if there might be some advantage in using it.

[bug]

MaxiBlast Plus II is allot faster than fdisk
And you are forced to use it if your drive is 80G or larger
I had no problem using it :D

[Amro]

Originally posted by bug
MaxiBlast Plus II is allot faster than fdisk
And you are forced to use it if your drive is 80G or larger
I had no problem using it :D


this is only if you have an older ide controller on ur mobo, most newer ones can see drives up to 128GB (it's a bios limitation), from there you have to use something called EZBios which tricks ur bios, using cylinder limitation mode on the drive, into seeing the entire size.

Amro

[bug]

fdisk has a problem dealing with drives larger than 64G

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q263044

there is a supposed fix for the limitation at the above link, but I had no
luck with it, and I used the MaxiBlast instead, which worked fine.