->  TW>  Actualy PowerMax is the program you want I bleive. There is a diag
->  TW> program in the MaxBlast disk bit I don't think it is as comprenhensive
->  TW> as PowerMax.
->  TW>  On the Maxtor Website MaxBlast is listed under Utilities while
->  TW> PowerMax is listed seperatly as a Diagnostic program.
->  TW>  In any case PowerMax has both "Full" and
"Quick" Low Level Format on
->  TW> the Menu screen

-> Thanks. Navigating these sites is not the easy task it once
-> was:-(
-> I recall not long ago you could one could log on a site, locate a
-> utility and instructions for using it in minutes.
-> These days it seems these manuals, invariably PDF and utilities are
-> buried deep in the web site requiring considerable research.

 It is buried several links down the Web chain. And I checked further
and see that the Simple Diags have been Dropped from MaxBlast 3
Floppy and you must use Power Max for any trouble shooting. It does
have a crude disk wipe program though.
 The earlier verisons did have a primitiave diag program on the MaxBlast
Floppy.
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