->  RJT> I have the mfr-supplied utilities here for dealing with lower-level
->  RJT> problems for Seagate and Western Digital drives.  Only
trouble is,  the
->  RJT> one that gave me trouble is a Maxtor!

->  RJT> Anybody know where I can get a utility for those?

-> Go too www.maxtor.com, plug "MaxBlast" into the search utility
-> and download it from the link as I did..

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

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