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i loaded maxblast 3 software ok ! (3 time )
follow all the instuctions to the letter on formating this drive as a slave !
anyway
i go to format the drive and notinging is working

i shut down machine
insert maxblaster3 cd
it loads the dr dos !
i get a X prompt
but cant type anything it just sits there !
and all my keyboards are usb !
any ideas guy !
i do have the ata/133 controller card !
i have even tryed making a maxtor floppy and using it !
any ideas would really hurt !

right now i have a
45 gig ibm as main
120 gig wd as slave
(just want to ad this as a second slave
running window xp -pro ntsf
amd xp1800
over a gig of ram !
HELP !

You're not copying your old drive, you just want to add the new drive as a spare?

Don't even bother with their software. Boot into WindowsXP and go into the Disk Manager and partition and format it in there.

Go into Control Panel > Admin Tools > Comp Management > Disk Management. Right click on the empty drive & partition it.

im wrong - windows not seeing the drive
just computer seeing it at boot up on controller card !

That ata133 controller may be adding to the problem.

What I'd try is unhooking all your drives and have the 160gb connected to the mobo master ide, boot from the maxtor cd then format it that way. It is very easy to do. I just did one like that recently.


Then hook it all back up as you want. If it's still having problems, then it's something with that controller card. I never used one so I can't help ya there.


You may need to download maxtor maxblast diagnostics and check the drive for problems.
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/index.htm

you need to go into admin tools/computer management/disk management... you will see the drive in there. all ya need to do is set it so xp will see it. It already see's it but just doesn't see it as a logical disk if ya know what i mean.

Originally posted by PreDatoR
you need to go into admin tools/computer management/disk management... you will see the drive in there. all ya need to do is set it so xp will see it. It already see's it but just doesn't see it as a logical disk if ya know what i mean.

its not showing up ! predator
but will try it blades way and hope for the best
sure cant mess much up anyway !

You sure the drive is jumpered correctly? Is it on the same ribbon as the first drive and if so is the first drive jumpered correctly (some drives have a different jumper for single master and master with slave).

If BIOS sees it, it should appear in the Disk Manager. It will NOT appear in My Computer until it's partitioned.

Check in Device Manager - it should appear in the "Disk Drives".

I've never had a problem with their ATA133 controllers, but if you have a modern mobo you shouldn't need it.

I just installed a promise pci card. What I did to get it all to show up was insert the card, then boot to windows to install the drivers. I then booted to the xp cd to partition the HDDs.

did it blades way and its all working now - it took hours to low level format do
from 1am last night till like 10 am but all is well thank you blade !
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awesome glad to see ya got it going mike, just curious, why did you low levil it?

You didn't have to low level it. Just partition and format. Shouldn't have taken more than 20 minutes for that size a drive.

\me suspects that you haven't formatted a new drive since to 20 Mb era

only way it worked its done and im happy !