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Old June 13th 04, 03:46 AM
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Default Secondary Hard Drive

Yeah, that's how I set up the new hard drive. Is there
any way to get around the MaxBlast stuff on the secondary
drive without reformatting it?



-----Original Message-----
Generally, the "normal" tools of Fdisk and Format are

enough; only if
something can't be done with them would you use anything

else.


Rick


wrote:
They're Maxtor hard drives so I believe I used the
MaxBlast software.



-----Original Message-----
"Brad L." wrote:


I ran the Fdisk /status command and here's the info it
gave:

Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage
1 39206 1 100%
C: 39205
2 39080 100%


Fdisk says that the second hard drive contains a non-

DOS

type

partition.

That typically happens when a third-party BIOS overlay


program is used

to allow access to a hard drive that is larger than

what

the computer

can actually support.

Were you using any such software on the old hard drive


(the one that

died)? Common names for this include MaxBlast,

EZDrive,

and Disk

Manager and they usually announce themselves during the


boot process,

just before the Windows startup splash screen appears.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers


don't eat much."

.

.

  #13  
Old June 13th 04, 03:11 PM
Rick T
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Default Secondary Hard Drive


You have two drives each on their own IDE cable... the main one died
and you replaced it, and used Maxblast to install it (both drives are
Maxtor),but now Windows doesn't recognize the second one even though
you haven't touched it.

FDISK/STATUS from a DOS Window produces
Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage
1 39206 1 100%
C: 39205
2 39080 100%

I don't think Maxblast would've used a DDO unless it was necessary (a
Dynamic Drive Overlay fools a BIOS that can't handle a large hard drive
into thinking it's a smaller one); I do note that (courtesy of cquirke
in another post) the normal amount of "Free space" on the first drive is
usually 8MB, not 1MB though I'm not sure how that could affect reading
the second drive.

From a DOS Window run FDISK, choose LargeDriveSupport=Y, select your
drive and "Display Partition Information"; the information that it gives
should be a little more informative than the /STATUS switch.

You should also fire up MaxBlast, just to display information on the
second drive... see if it says DDO installed.


Rick








wrote:
Yeah, that's how I set up the new hard drive. Is there
any way to get around the MaxBlast stuff on the secondary
drive without reformatting it?




-----Original Message-----
Generally, the "normal" tools of Fdisk and Format are


enough; only if

something can't be done with them would you use anything


else.


Rick


wrote:

They're Maxtor hard drives so I believe I used the
MaxBlast software.




-----Original Message-----
"Brad L." wrote:



I ran the Fdisk /status command and here's the info it
gave:

Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage
1 39206 1 100%
C: 39205
2 39080 100%


Fdisk says that the second hard drive contains a non-


DOS

type


partition.

That typically happens when a third-party BIOS overlay

program is used


to allow access to a hard drive that is larger than


what

the computer


can actually support.

Were you using any such software on the old hard drive

(the one that


died)? Common names for this include MaxBlast,


EZDrive,

and Disk


Manager and they usually announce themselves during the

boot process,


just before the Windows startup splash screen appears.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers

don't eat much."


.


.

  #14  
Old June 13th 04, 04:53 PM
B.J.Honeycut
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Default Secondary Hard Drive

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 14:11:50 GMT,Rick T penned
this whopper in microsoft.public.windowsme.hardware


You have two drives each on their own IDE cable... the main one died
and you replaced it, and used Maxblast to install it (both drives are
Maxtor),but now Windows doesn't recognize the second one even though
you haven't touched it.

FDISK/STATUS from a DOS Window produces
Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage
1 39206 1 100%
C: 39205
2 39080 100%

I don't think Maxblast would've used a DDO unless it was necessary (a
Dynamic Drive Overlay fools a BIOS that can't handle a large hard drive
into thinking it's a smaller one); I do note that (courtesy of cquirke
in another post) the normal amount of "Free space" on the first drive is
usually 8MB, not 1MB though I'm not sure how that could affect reading
the second drive.

From a DOS Window run FDISK, choose LargeDriveSupport=Y, select your
drive and "Display Partition Information"; the information that it gives
should be a little more informative than the /STATUS switch.

You should also fire up MaxBlast, just to display information on the
second drive... see if it says DDO installed.


Rick








wrote:
Yeah, that's how I set up the new hard drive. Is there
any way to get around the MaxBlast stuff on the secondary
drive without reformatting it?



FWIW, I have uninstalled it when moving a drive from an old PC to a newer
one that recognized the size of the drive, but it will leave you with a
tiny hidden partition where it used to reside, nothing to lose sleep over,
and not really big enough to be of use for much else. You should get faster
access times, but not faster transfers.

--
"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden;
it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor."
Horace (65 - 8 BC); Roman poet.

Mike
  #17  
Old June 14th 04, 05:58 AM
Brad L.
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Default Secondary Hard Drive

Close. I have two drives on one cable. One on
the "master plug" (the new primary drive) and one on
the "slave plug" (the existing secondary drive). The
existing secondary drive had been set up with MaxBlast.
The new primary drive was set up with Fdisk. They are
both Maxtor but the new primary drive is significantly
newer but, as far as I can tell, they are comparable (ie
both are 7200 rpm Ultra ATA 133 drives).
I do remember one more thing, when originally installing
the second hard drive, I believe MaxBlast installed
something called "Easy Bios".


-----Original Message-----

You have two drives each on their own IDE cable... the

main one died
and you replaced it, and used Maxblast to install it

(both drives are
Maxtor),but now Windows doesn't recognize the second

one even though
you haven't touched it.

FDISK/STATUS from a DOS Window produces
Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage
1 39206 1 100%
C: 39205
2 39080 100%

I don't think Maxblast would've used a DDO unless it was

necessary (a
Dynamic Drive Overlay fools a BIOS that can't handle a

large hard drive
into thinking it's a smaller one); I do note that

(courtesy of cquirke
in another post) the normal amount of "Free space" on the

first drive is
usually 8MB, not 1MB though I'm not sure how that could

affect reading
the second drive.

From a DOS Window run FDISK, choose LargeDriveSupport=Y,

select your
drive and "Display Partition Information"; the

information that it gives
should be a little more informative than the /STATUS

switch.

You should also fire up MaxBlast, just to display

information on the
second drive... see if it says DDO installed.


Rick








wrote:
Yeah, that's how I set up the new hard drive. Is there
any way to get around the MaxBlast stuff on the

secondary
drive without reformatting it?




-----Original Message-----
Generally, the "normal" tools of Fdisk and Format are


enough; only if

something can't be done with them would you use

anything

else.


Rick


wrote:

They're Maxtor hard drives so I believe I used the
MaxBlast software.




-----Original Message-----
"Brad L." wrote:



I ran the Fdisk /status command and here's the info

it
gave:

Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage
1 39206 1 100%
C: 39205
2 39080 100%


Fdisk says that the second hard drive contains a non-


DOS

type


partition.

That typically happens when a third-party BIOS

overlay

program is used


to allow access to a hard drive that is larger than


what

the computer


can actually support.

Were you using any such software on the old hard

drive

(the one that


died)? Common names for this include MaxBlast,


EZDrive,

and Disk


Manager and they usually announce themselves during

the

boot process,


just before the Windows startup splash screen appears.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers

don't eat much."


.


.

.

  #18  
Old June 14th 04, 04:03 PM
Rick T
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Default Secondary Hard Drive

Yup, that's the one(EZ-Bios).

If you go into your BIOS and change the DriveType for your second drive
to whatever the documentation for the EZ-BIOS program tells you to, that
might clear things up.


Rick


Brad L. wrote:

Close. I have two drives on one cable. One on
the "master plug" (the new primary drive) and one on
the "slave plug" (the existing secondary drive). The
existing secondary drive had been set up with MaxBlast.
The new primary drive was set up with Fdisk. They are
both Maxtor but the new primary drive is significantly
newer but, as far as I can tell, they are comparable (ie
both are 7200 rpm Ultra ATA 133 drives).
I do remember one more thing, when originally installing
the second hard drive, I believe MaxBlast installed
something called "Easy Bios".



-----Original Message-----

You have two drives each on their own IDE cable... the


main one died

and you replaced it, and used Maxblast to install it


(both drives are

Maxtor),but now Windows doesn't recognize the second


one even though

you haven't touched it.

FDISK/STATUS from a DOS Window produces
Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage
1 39206 1 100%
C: 39205
2 39080 100%

I don't think Maxblast would've used a DDO unless it was


necessary (a

Dynamic Drive Overlay fools a BIOS that can't handle a


large hard drive

into thinking it's a smaller one); I do note that


(courtesy of cquirke

in another post) the normal amount of "Free space" on the


first drive is

usually 8MB, not 1MB though I'm not sure how that could


affect reading

the second drive.

From a DOS Window run FDISK, choose LargeDriveSupport=Y,


select your

drive and "Display Partition Information"; the


information that it gives

should be a little more informative than the /STATUS


switch.

You should also fire up MaxBlast, just to display


information on the

second drive... see if it says DDO installed.


Rick








wrote:

Yeah, that's how I set up the new hard drive. Is there
any way to get around the MaxBlast stuff on the


secondary

drive without reformatting it?





-----Original Message-----
Generally, the "normal" tools of Fdisk and Format are

enough; only if


something can't be done with them would you use


anything

else.


Rick


wrote:


They're Maxtor hard drives so I believe I used the
MaxBlast software.





-----Original Message-----
"Brad L." wrote:




I ran the Fdisk /status command and here's the info


it

gave:

Disk Drv Mbytes Free Usage
1 39206 1 100%
C: 39205
2 39080 100%


Fdisk says that the second hard drive contains a non-

DOS


type



partition.

That typically happens when a third-party BIOS


overlay

program is used



to allow access to a hard drive that is larger than

what


the computer



can actually support.

Were you using any such software on the old hard


drive

(the one that



died)? Common names for this include MaxBlast,

EZDrive,


and Disk



Manager and they usually announce themselves during


the

boot process,



just before the Windows startup splash screen appears.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers

don't eat much."



.


.


.

 




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