The Maxtor website has a utility called PowerMax that you
might want to check out.

>-----Original Message-----
>P4 2.2
>512 PC1066 RDRAM
>Dual 80 GB Maxtor 7200
>Geforce ti4200
>
>
>I have a very nice P4 2.2 RDRAM comp that I got last
>summer. It has been running great since then. While
working
>yesterday it rebooted and on the restart it said one of my
>DLLs was corrupted. I figured it was time for a nice fresh
>install anyway so I began to boot from CD.
>
>I deleted all three partitions that the drive was split up
>into, did a quick format, installed, and on the reboot
>everything was running crazy slow. Even after I put on the
>mobo drivers and Intel AA it was a slug. I knew something
>was wrong. I snapped and ran out to Best Buy and got a
nice
>new 120 GB Maxtor. Got home, unhooked both drives and
>installed again to the new Maxtor. This time I did the
slow
>NTFS format. Everything was zooming and my system is on
its
>way to becoming back to normal.
>
>This slowed drive is a very nice 80 GB Maxtor and was
>working great. Are there known problems with using the
>"quick format" option? I now plan to wipe this drive clean
>and use it as my second drive. What is the best way to
>check the drive for errors? Perhaps there is some physical
>error on the disk itself.
>
>Thanks if you can offer any insight.
>.
>

As far as i know, a quick format only tells the PC that
the drive is empty and that every sector is available to
be written on.
This isnt a problem if u keep the same partition size
(altho i still recommend the slow format)

Since u merged 3 partitions to one big partition it is
NEEDED to do a slow format, im already surprised that
setup would even let u do a quick format and even more
surprised that u even got through the whole setup process.

Simple and only solution:
-install the drive in the PC as second or as first
(doesnt matter) and make sure u REpartition it and do a
slow (full) format either with setup or with the
diskmanager in winXP

Hope this will speed up ur drive as it should be

Good luck