The MaxBoost Trialware gives you the opportunity to try out the current pre-release version of Maxtor's new Maxboost software, a high-performance driver for Maxtor ATA and SATA hard drives.

MaxBoost is a performance-boosting driver software that is designed to complement your Maxtor ATA or SATA hard drive. MaxBoost is a performance-boosting utility for your Maxtor ATA or SATA hard drive.

You can control MaxBoost via a standalone application (MaxBoost Utility) and a system tray icon. The MaxBoost Utility allows you to select drives to use with MaxBoost, configure advanced settings, and monitor the performance of your drives. The system tray icon allows you to enable and disable the MaxBoost driver.

By intelligently caching data in RAM before it is written to and read from the drive, MaxBoost will optimize the storage speed of your system giving it a slight performance boost.

NOTE: The MaxBoost driver is not intended for use with non-Maxtor/Quantum drives or system configurations other than specified above. Attempting to run the MaxBoost driver on unsupported system configurations can lead to decreased system performance or inconsistent system or disk drive behavior. Also, in the event of a sudden system shutdown, data stored in your system cache and not on the drive may be lost and recovery of that data may not be possible.

Requirements:

· 700MHz or higher Intel or AMD single-processor system (dual-processor systems not supported)
· 256MB RAM or higher
· Maxtor or Quantum hard drive with ATA or SATA interface (RAID arrays, other manufacturer's drives, and non-ATA/SATA drives not supported)


Limitations:

· MaxBoost is not currently compatible with the Hyper-Threading functionality of select Intel processors. To use MaxBoost on a system with Hyper-Threading, you must disable Hyper-Threading in the system BIOS.