MAXTOR & QUANTUM

For jumper settings, CLICK HERE. On the top right hand corner of the page, you will see Hard Drive Models. Look on the list to find your hard drive model. Click on it, then click on either Installation/Installation Guide, or preferably Installation/Jumper Settings if it is there. If you do not see your hard drive listed, CLICK HERE. Locate your drive and click on the link and then look in the drop down menus that appear for either Jumper Settings, or Installation Guide.

In the case of Maxtor and and their old cousins Quantum, support is very good. Not only are there utilities to diagnose problems with your hard drive, but there are also utilities available that allow you to format and partition your hard drive for any Windows operating system, as well as the NTFS or FAT32 file system.

If you believe you are having problems with your hard drive, you can download this utility. It will test for potential hard drive surface problems (e.g., bad clusters, bad sectors, partitioning/formatting problems, etc.) and drive recognition problems (e.g. hard drive that is not recognized by the operating system). Click on the title below to download the program to your computer. We recommend you save it to your desktop so it is easy to find.

Once you have downloaded it, insert a formatted floppy disk in the floppy drive, and double click on the Powermax program you just downloaded. Once it has created your bootable floppy disk, you can simply reboot your computer with the floppy disk in the drive, and the program will start automatically.

POWERMAX HARD DRIVE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL

This diagnostic tool will only run in DOS. Do not attempt to run this program in Windows.

If you need to format and partition a hard drive and you don't want to do it the long, hard way in DOS with fdisk, then this is the tool for you. This utility allows you to take a hard drive, brand new or otherwise, and format it, as well as assign drive names, and choose your file system (NTFS or FAT32). It also has an option to do everything automatically, once you tell it the operating system you are using.

Once you have downloaded it, insert a formatted floppy disk in the floppy drive, and double click on the maxblast3 program you just downloaded. Once it has created your bootable floppy disk, you can boot to this disk at any time with the hard drive you wish to work on, and the program will start automatically.

MAXBLAST HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION UTILITY

This installation tool will only run in DOS. Do not attempt to run this program in Windows.