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Personal Storage 3000XT Installation Addendum

Notes on using the Maxtor Personal Storage 3000XT with the

Windows Operating System

The following table outlines the known limitations of the Windows Operating System and key Windows utilities when
used with a 160GB disk partition:

Note 1:

On disks larger than 64GB (Windows 98SE), both the FDISK and FORMAT utilities perform their functions properly,

but they display an incorrect disk size on the screen. A similar problem has been observed with Windows ME at larger disk
sizes (starting somewhere above 80GB). Further information is available on Microsoft’s support web site at:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q263/0/44.ASP
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q263/0/45.ASP

Note 2:

The FDISK utility may not run properly after an external disk drive has been disconnected and reconnected. It is

recommended the user reboot the computer before running FDISK.

Note 3:

Neither the ScanDisk nor Defrag utilities will operate on drive partitions larger than 127GB. Further information is

available on Microsoft’s support web site at:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q184/0/06.ASP

Third party utilities, including Norton System Works 2000 and 2002, can be used to replace the functionality of the
ScanDisk and Defrag utilities.

Urgent Note for Macintosh Users

The Maxtor Personal Storage 3000XT cannot be used to transport data between Windows-based PC’s and Macintosh
systems.

Do not connect a Personal Storage 3000XT to a Mac running OS X if the 3000XT has previously been installed on a PC.
Connecting a 3000XT to a Mac running OS X after it has been used on a PC will result immediately in lost data.

To use the 160GB Maxtor Personal Storage 3000XT drive on your Macintosh running OS X, you must first reformat the
drive. The Mac OS Disk Utility provided in the Personal Storage 3000XT kit will guide you through the reformatting
process.

REFORMATTING THE DRIVE WILL DESTROY DATA STORED ON THAT DRIVE

Additional Note

The Maxtor Personal Storage 3000XT is not supported as a boot drive for Macintosh computer systems.

Windows 98SE

FAT32 operates properly
with partition up to 160GB

FDISK and FORMAT - two
known bugs, see Notes 1 and 2

Defrag and ScanDisk limited to
partition <127GB, see Note 3

Windows ME

FAT32 operates properly with
partition up to 160GB

FDISK and FORMAT - two
known bugs, see Note 1

Operates properly with partition
up to 160GB

Windows 2000, XP