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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: Ian Frederick on December 10, 2005, 03:32:47 AM

Title: Recognizing Maxtor External HD
Post by: Ian Frederick on December 10, 2005, 03:32:47 AM

New Maxtor 300GB external HD shows ok on device manager but without drive letter and can't be accesed - running WinME

Title: Re: Recognizing Maxtor External HD
Post by: patio on December 10, 2005, 07:41:01 AM

Has that drive been partitioned and formatted yet ? ?
If not Windows will not see it.
Use the MaxBlast utility that shipped with the drive to prepare it.

patio.  8)

Title: Re: Recognizing Maxtor External HD
Post by: iNc0g-VergiB on December 10, 2005, 07:43:46 AM

Hmm...  
did u make sure to format it properly?
insert the WinME cd into the cd-rom, reset ur pc
when the 1st screen shows up (memory count, the display of your harddrives), click on "del" buton a few times till the Bios windows shows up, go in:
Advanced Chipest, or something like that, i dont remember excatly...

anyway, change the Boot order, instead of Floppy, choose CD-ROM, Save&Exit.
when ur pc restarts it self, it'll ask u to press any key to boot from CD-ROM, follow this instruction, be patient 'till the screen shows up showing all of your partitions, try to format/re-format your harddrive (NTFS/FAT32), and create a logical partition.

If that didnt work, start your pc, in windows, right click on My Computer >> Manage >> Disk Management >> try to see what details does it show you bout ur Maxtor hard-drive & partitions.