Re: A Problem with Adding 2nd Hard Drive to Windows 2000

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- No modification to the original IBM drive (I have one of these also in
mine)
- No modification to the BIOS (in fact, the BIOS screen will remain adjusted
to No Drive Installed, rather than showing the type).
- It does modify the new drive in the sense that it partitions and formats
it, that's all.

I am one that is usually suspect of drive utilities. In the olden days
(smile!) I used to go to great lengths to do everything manually so as not
to rely on any proprietary format that might not work in another machine. So
I think I understand your concern. I will say however that I have "got over"
those days and now simply make sure I perform suitable backups of important
data so I can recover the data to another machine if/when necessary.

Having said that, I will also say that I really liked the Maxtor Maxblast
software. It worked well and as near as I can tell would work just as well
on any W2K SP3 or above computer. Bottom line, I was happy with it and feel
comfortable that it is sound software.

-Frank

"Bob" <spamfree@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eWQuF3IoFHA.3760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks, Frankster.
>
> Does Maxblast 4 for Windows modify the Dell PowerEdge 500SC bios? Does it
> modify my original IBM Deskstar boot drive? And finally, does it modify
> my
> new Maxtor drive?
>
>
> "Frankster" <Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:j-6dnZ2dnZ3uMUbrnZ2dncUjY9-dnZ2dRVn-yp2dnZ0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> The CD contains, basically, a program that does a registry adjustment to
>> allow for LBA (large block support - or similar) to allow the entire
>> drive
>> to be recognized. It also partitions and formats the drive, giving you a
>> choice of a data drive (what I chose) or a boot drive.
>>
>> I just looked at the Maxtor website and I believe the one you want is
>> "Maxblast 4 For Windows". Have a look yourself.
>>
>> -Frank
>>
>> "Bob" <spamfree@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uJm8LTEoFHA.420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > That's good news, Frankster!
>> >
>> > My Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200 GB hard drive (Model 6L200PO) is an OEM
> drive.
>> > That means, it came without any instructions or CD. Just the bare
> drive.
>> > :(
>> >
>> > Can you tell me what programs the installation CD contains? Which
>> > programs
>> > do I need to run? (I hope I can gather all of those from the
>> > Maxtor.com
>> > website.)
>> >
>> > My 500SC has bios A03. Do I need any update, or is that revision
>> > adequate?
>> >
>> > As a test, I installed this same HD on a brand new Dell Dimension
> computer
>> > (as a slave drive). It runs Windows XP. It had no problem recognizing
>> > the
>> > drive and I was able to partition and format it as well. Now, I just
> need
>> > to make it work on my Dell PowerEdge 500SC.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your help!
>> >
>> >
>> > "Frankster" <Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:P_udnWMTpJhfkGPfRVn-gg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> I just installed a Maxtor 160Gig second drive into two 500SC servers
>> > running
>> >> W2K3 in the same config you have (cable select/slave) with no issues.
>> >>
>> >> According to the drive installation booklet you must be running
>> >> Windows
>> > 2000
>> >> SP3 or higher (higher meaning XP, Windows 2003, etc).
>> >>
>> >> Did you follow the instructions? By that I mean, did you first
>> >> physically
>> >> install the drive, second, run the installation CD (before trying to
>> > access
>> >> the drive in Windows!)? The instructions worked well for me. I have
> the
>> >> full 160GB formatted as one drive.
>> >>
>> >> -Frank
>> >>
>> >> "Bob" <spamfree@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:%23rK5kWAoFHA.1444@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >I have a Dell PowerEdge 500SC server running Windows 2000 Server.
> (Bios
>> >> > Revision A03)
>> >> >
>> >> > It currently has one IBM Deskstar 60 GB hard drive.
>> >> >
>> >> > I just bought a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200 GB hard drive (Model
> 6L200PO).
>> >> >
>> >> > Both drives are set to "cable select" with the original IBM drive
> being
>> >> > the
>> >> > Master, and Maxtor being the Slave.
>> >> >
>> >> > Upon boot-up, I got this error:
>> >> >
>> >> > "Boot Record Signature AA55 Not Found
>> >> > The system did not load because of a computer disk hardware
>> > configuration
>> >> > problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk."
>> >> >
>> >> > What can I do to resolve this?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>


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