maxblast 4 , using bios limitations .. noob , 1st time ins..

Right, I wud class myself as a total noob , just over a year i hav used a
computer, I have a compaq deskpro , intel pent. 647 mhz, bios 686T2, mobo =
compaq 041Ch , and i have currently a 10 gig seagate master, with a 4 gig
slave (for music and jpg's).. I have ran out of memory, so i bought, without
checking my system ... a maxtor 80 gig 7200rpm hdd, but apparently i have to
use 'maxblast 4' cos my system nly recognises 16 of the 80..

So i am all set to do a drive overlay, i think .. have i done this right
1. going to go into bios and tell comp there is NO hard disks. after taking
them out!
2. going to install the 80 as master, so after i connect it, i then turn the
power on, and boot the system from 'maxblast 4'
3. choose 'make drive changes' ..or maxblas t will detect these for me, as i
am unsure wether or not i have 'auto detect' and when the program shows me
the 'recommended LBA' i choose 'carry on/next'
4.Turn off power, restart, enter BIOS and 'save and exit'
5.Boot to floppy again, goto utilities..and use 'set up hard drive' this
should do the DDO for me
6.partition and format .... i hope/pray
7.Maxblast apparently shud now do its special thing where it gets me more
memory??
8.I then choose 'set hard drive size myself, and for some reason, this
should be specified by the ' Native LBA Number' .. presumably 80, or 80,000
depending upon units.
9.I imagine i then save and exit, or carry out the orders from there ...

For those who have done this all before, have i got things right...as i
still do not know if i get a 2nd chance? Thanks - Fred C - really
appreciate some help here!

In article <5FQef.97$n4.66@newsfe2-win.ntli.net>, Fred-C says...
> Right, I wud class myself as a total noob , just over a year i hav used a
> computer, I have a compaq deskpro , intel pent. 647 mhz, bios 686T2, mobo =
> compaq 041Ch , and i have currently a 10 gig seagate master, with a 4 gig
> slave (for music and jpg's).. I have ran out of memory, so i bought, without
> checking my system ... a maxtor 80 gig 7200rpm hdd, but apparently i have to
> use 'maxblast 4' cos my system nly recognises 16 of the 80..
>
> So i am all set to do a drive overlay, i think .. have i done this right
> 1. going to go into bios and tell comp there is NO hard disks. after taking
> them out!
> 2. going to install the 80 as master, so after i connect it, i then turn the
> power on, and boot the system from 'maxblast 4'
> 3. choose 'make drive changes' ..or maxblas t will detect these for me, as i
> am unsure wether or not i have 'auto detect' and when the program shows me
> the 'recommended LBA' i choose 'carry on/next'
> 4.Turn off power, restart, enter BIOS and 'save and exit'
> 5.Boot to floppy again, goto utilities..and use 'set up hard drive' this
> should do the DDO for me
> 6.partition and format .... i hope/pray
> 7.Maxblast apparently shud now do its special thing where it gets me more
> memory??
> 8.I then choose 'set hard drive size myself, and for some reason, this
> should be specified by the ' Native LBA Number' .. presumably 80, or 80,000
> depending upon units.
> 9.I imagine i then save and exit, or carry out the orders from there ...
>
1) Leave it on autodetect.
2) Boot with CD/floppy with Maxblast on. Use it to create the
partition.
3- Skip.
9) Install OS.

FWIW, you may not need to install MaxBlast at all if you're installing
Win2k/XP as they query the drive for the parameters, not the BIOS. Try
booting from a Win2k/XP installation CD and run setup. When you get to
the partitioning bit, you may find all 80GB is available. If it is,
then there's no need to install Maxblast.



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Conor

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