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Fas-ligand
02-28-2003, 09:38 AM
For anyone that's bought a Maxtor HD lately, save yourself the pain of using MaxBlast 2, their partition and formatting software that probably came with the drive, and get MaxBlast 3 (http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/maxblast3.htm). Double check the compatable OSs first though...
Bires
02-28-2003, 08:53 PM
got|fdisk?

(I still have partition magic 7 too...when the calculator in my brain fails)
bachviet
02-28-2003, 11:56 PM
I either use WinXP or Partition Magic do the partitioning!
Bires
03-01-2003, 08:51 AM
I still use FAT32. I'm more concerned with speed than security. I've never had a problem with FAT32, and in my tests it's faster than NTFS.
rajatQ2
03-02-2003, 01:07 PM
i dont use hard drives. I have 25 asian teenagers in my basement who memorize numbers
Fas-ligand
03-02-2003, 05:28 PM
Originally posted by rajatQ2
i dont use hard drives. I have 25 asian teenagers in my basement who memorize numbers

So you line them up differently depending on the data you're crunching, right?

1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,1,0,1,1,0,0,1,...
zippyjuan
03-02-2003, 09:16 PM
Sounds like playing Duck Duck Goose. Do you use boys for 1's and girls for 0's? Or vice-versa?
Jeffbx
03-03-2003, 05:08 AM
Originally posted by rajatQ2
i dont use hard drives. I have 25 asian teenagers in my basement who memorize numbers

Are they RAID10? 12+12 and one hot spare? That's a pretty good setup...
Fas-ligand
03-03-2003, 09:08 AM
Originally posted by Jeffbx


Are they RAID10? 12+12 and one hot spare? That's a pretty good setup...

The extra one goes in the giant hampster wheel to make power.
delmore
03-13-2003, 08:35 AM
Originally posted by Fas-ligand
For anyone that's bought a Maxtor HD lately, save yourself the pain of using MaxBlast 2, their partition and formatting software that probably came with the drive, and get MaxBlast 3 (http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/maxblast3.htm). Double check the compatable OSs first though...

The MaxBlast 3 is far superior! If you're adding a second HD to an XP system like I just did, Maxblast 2 requires that you boot from a 3.5" floppy drive. WIth MB 3, you can boot like normal, and then run the Maxblast program from the CD. I'm not adding a 3.5" to the system I just built, so the MB 3 came in handy!!!