Maxblast software
 

I am building a system with 2 120Gb SATA drives from Maxtor. Their website
strongly recommends using their Maxblast software to format and partition
the
drives. Previously I have always used fdisk (or gdisk) with Win98 and Disk
Manager in 2000 and XP. So, are there any advantages to using Maxblast or is
it some kind of
proprietary overlay which could cause problems later?

Re: Maxblast software
 

"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I would recommend avoiding the mfgrs. installation software unless there
> is a specific reason to use it, which there should not be for a 120 gig
> drive.

Thanks. That confirms my gut feeling. I'll stick with the native XP tools.

Re: Maxblast software
 

John,

I agree with Barry......................there really should not be a reason
why you would have to use the proprietary software. It'd sitck with OS
software.

Edward W.
El Paso, TX

"John Coode" <faecius@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I am building a system with 2 120Gb SATA drives from Maxtor. Their website
> strongly recommends using their Maxblast software to format and partition
> the
> drives. Previously I have always used fdisk (or gdisk) with Win98 and Disk
> Manager in 2000 and XP. So, are there any advantages to using Maxblast or
is
> it some kind of
> proprietary overlay which could cause problems later?
>
>
>