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Maxtor DiamondMAX 60 PLUS Review
Written by: Merc Written on: April 10,2001 Supplied by: Maxtor
Installing / Setting up your
new drive If you require assistance on
“installing a hard drive” then click here. As you can see in the picture the
default for the partitions is 3 partitions at 16131 MB and 1 partition at 13095
MB
You can change this however you like. I would suggest on a hard drive of this size you make your “Operating” drive (the one you are going to install your “Operating System” on) smaller than the default 16131-MB setting. There is no sense having a 16GIG Operating drive when you are only going to use 3 Gigs on it. It would be better to divide it up the way that best suits your needs. To give you an example, I have my own “Games” drive, “Storage” drive, and “MP3’” drive. The reason I recommend the Operating Drive smaller is because it is easier for your hard drive to search a 6GIG hard drive rather than a 16GIG hard drive. If you are searching a few MP3’s there is no big deal but for your Operating System you may notice a difference. Again however you decide to divide it up is totally up to you. Key Features Offers up to 60 GB of Storage 20.5
GB of data storage per platter Supports
Ultra Mode 5 for up to 100 MB/sec data transfers 7200
RPM Spin Speed 2
MB SDRAM Cache Buffer 8.7
ms Seek Time Digital
Signal Processor (DSP) – Based Architecture 3 yr warranty
The Drive The DiamondMax Plus 60 hard drive is
the newest addition to the 7200 RPM hard drive family. It is a three (aluminum)
platter, 20 GB per platter IDE hard drive offering award-winning DiamondMax Plus
features including a Ultra ATA/100 interface. DiamondMax Plus 60 offers 7200 RPM spin speeds and Maxtor’s DualWave twin processor technology for a 10x boost in host command processing speed for an average seek time of under 9ms. With 2 Mbytes of high-speed 100MHz SDRAM for the cache buffer and an Ultra ATA/100 interface, this hard drive provides superior benchmark performance and maximum throughput.
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