Maxtor has utilities you can run on that drive to
let you know what is going on with it.
I have never gotten those messages except on drives that had problems.

Maxtor is good about replacing drives, especially if their utility says
something is wrong with it.

                                           Rick Glazier

From: "Harlen" <[log in to unmask]>

> I have 2 identical, brand new Maxtor 30GB Hard Drives. Upon initial format,
> I received a message that it was "recovering allocation unit". The format
> took quite awhile, but finished. A subsequent format, (using the /q
> switch), showed that at 2%, the format finished, but didn't actually format
> the drive, (the data on drive was still present), so I had to do another
> full format. It is also "recovering allocation unit", and taking a long
> time. Is this an indication that the drive is faulty and I should get these
> replaced, or is there a switch that I can set to lock out those units?

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