sata hard drive

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You need to format the drive first,you should have the SATA drivers from
the board mfg on a floppy,if not download them from mfg.Also download
power max from maxtor,install to floppy,boot to maxtors power max,do a
limited format,and/or burn,when thru,shutdown computer.Start computer,
boot to xp cd,press F6,install drivers from floppy,after,proceed to recovery,
press enter key for password,then typeiskPart In DiskPart,create a
partition
on SATA drive,then press Esc key,then type:FORMAT D: /FS:ntfs D: being
SATA,once its thru type:EXIT Let xp start.SATA requires a little more work
than IDE drives....

"s_man63" wrote:

> I recently installed a Maxtor plus II 250gb hard drive as a second drive and
> I cannot see or access this drive. It is not in the "My Computer" window. In
> the device manager in the controller properties window the device status is
> working properly. The device usage line is empty. How do I access this drive?

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"HillBillyBuddhist" wrote:

> | > I recently installed a Maxtor plus II 250gb hard drive as a second drive
> and
> | > I cannot see or access this drive. It is not in the "My Computer"
> window. In
> | > the device manager in the controller properties window the device status
> is
> | > working properly. The device usage line is empty. How do I access this
> drive?
>
> "Andrew E." <eckrichco@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:3FB27220-8A14-4630-B6ED-C28BD42EBF4D@microsoft.com...
> | You need to format the drive first,you should have the SATA drivers from
> | the board mfg on a floppy,if not download them from mfg.Also download
> | power max from maxtor,install to floppy,boot to maxtors power max,do a
> | limited format,and/or burn,when thru,shutdown computer.Start computer,
> | boot to xp cd,press F6,install drivers from floppy,after,proceed to
> recovery,
> | press enter key for password,then typeiskPart In DiskPart,create a
> | partition
> | on SATA drive,then press Esc key,then type:FORMAT D: /FS:ntfs D: being
> | SATA,once its thru type:EXIT Let xp start.SATA requires a little more
> work
> | than IDE drives....
> |
> | "s_man63" wrote:
> |
>
> As this is a secondary drive you don't need to do any of that.
>
> Right click "My computer, Manage, choose Disk Management *or* click Start>
> Run and enter diskmgmt.msc.
>
> In Disk Management, right click the new drive, initialize, partition (at
> this point you can create a primary partition, extended partitions and
> additional logical drives if you want to divide the drive into more than one
> large partition) and format.
>
> For further information click help or see
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000
>
> --
> Doug
>
> I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
> I was just trying to help.
> Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
> advice herein.
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>
> Thaks tons that did the trick.