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Chris, Thanks for the info about your system…it provides insight. The QULT540S arrived. I have it installed on a 50 pin header ribbon with the 7120S. When ExpertPrep queried the drive it came back that the drive had 58?? (I can't remember exact number) cylinders, 3 heads, 62 sectors per track…the information I got from Quantum indicates the drive is 1048 cyls, 16 hds, 59 spt…so, after a bit of wrestling around with ExpertPrep, I was able to force these numbers (the ones from Quantum) and the drive formatted out to 515M. Does this sound normal to you? Also, does it format to 515M because ExpertPrep counts 1M = 1,048,543 bytes and Quantum rates the drive with 1M = 1,000,000 bytes? Now, I am pretty certain that one of the drives *must* be terminated for all to work properly, but since the combination didn't seem to work correctly, I removed the terminating resistors from the Quantum and, just for curiosity, checked the Maxtor (sure enough, it's terminating resistors were gone, too). The drives now seem to work fine together (except that I need to figure out how to make them intelligent about which is supposed to be the boot drive). Is this because the connector at the end of the ribbon header somehow provides the bus termination, making the resistors not needed on the drives? I know I ask a lot of questions, but this forum is my best (best = accurate + timely) source of information and I just want to make sure I won't encounter irrecoverable problems when the drive is nearly full of data due to incorrect setup due to my ignorance. Thank you for your time and assist. ;^) Have a Happy, Healthy and Safe New Year! //daniel on autopilot in paradise \X/ powered by intel and motorola