some more spouting off from me mixed in here with what Michael said: >>> "Michael Lueck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6:41:36 PM 11/1/00 >>> Maxtor as much as I have used them were good middle of the road drives - not had to contact tech support so I don't know how they are. me: i have only had to call tech support for a HD install once in my life, just recently was putting a 16G maxtor in for a friend. i had to call maxtor tech support. they were quick and the advice the lady gave me worked perfect. nailed it down to the fact that the new & old drive could not coexist in the system, so the old drive had to go. i'm not sure why.... the old drive was some stone age 1.5G thingy. don't recall who made it. so i give maxtor tech support a thumbs up, and hope to never talk to them again =) also, you can download their maxblast software from the internet if you need to (disk comes with the hard drive, but ya never know) Some of your other issues might be related to other compents of your hardware - motherboard, BIOS, IDE chip, etc... I had a couple of BCM/GVC motherboards - 440BX chip set, they were a pain about drives over 8GB. for sure. i was all set for a 45G drive, but my BIOS (comcrap, i mean compaq system) would not take it. 30G is my limit. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
