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Thread ID: 62112 2005-09-27 04:24:00 DDO OVERLAY ERROR WHEN INSTALLING NORTON "GO-BACK" ON DRIVE Jasman (8967) Press F1
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391251 2005-09-27 04:24:00 DYNAMIC DRIVE OVERLAY (DDO) ERROR... NORTON INDICATES THAT THE DDO MUST BE REMOVED BEFORE INSTALLATION CAN CONTINUE. MAXTOR DRIVE INSTALLATION SOFTWARE (MAXBLAST) WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DDO INSTALLATION. NEED TO KNOW BEST WAY TO REMOVE DDO... AND PRESERVE OS AND DATA ON NEW DRIVE. IDEAS/SOLUTIONS/QUESTIONS? SEND TO jimkguard2005-pcworldforum@yahoo.com Jasman (8967)
391252 2005-09-27 04:59:00 Overlays are usually installed when the BIOS cannot detect the full size of the hard drive, so removing the DDO could cause problems.

The instructions for removing Maxblast DDO:

maxtor.custhelp.com 3Jvd19jbnQ9NCZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y 9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wY WdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1yZW1vdmUgZGRv&p_li=&p_topview=1

and for Seagate are here:

www.seagate.com

You should make a complete backup of all data, and run check disk first.
Terry Porritt (14)
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