TheMajor said:It should be displayed on the main page, or ur BIOS does not have it.
I just read on maxtor's website, the powermax utility has a low-level format option. Try that.
http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/olh_adp.php?p_faqid=126
it has a high level and low level format. it also has hard drive testing tools