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Title: an error message tell me there no hard drive altho
Post by: ahmdatef2 on June 03, 2006, 12:32:23 AM

I have a hard disk maxtor 20 giga . and it have formated when I try setup windows an error message tell me there no hard drive although I can see the hard in BIOS

Title: Re: an error message tell me there no hard drive a
Post by: homer on June 03, 2006, 01:51:49 AM

please use correct grammar and english. what i pulled out of that was, u have a 20gb hd and when u try to format it, windows tells u that there is no hd. is this what u meant to say?

Title: Re: an error message tell me there no hard drive a
Post by: ahmdatef2 on June 03, 2006, 03:56:35 AM

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please use correct grammar and english. what i pulled out of that was, u have a 20gb hd and when u try to format it, windows tells u that there is no hd. is this what u meant to say?

yes this is I meant to say

Title: Re: an error message tell me there no hard drive a
Post by: GX1_Man on June 03, 2006, 06:12:07 AM

Download and run the free diagnostics from Maxtor's web site for starts.

Did you partition the drive and format it? What operating system? Is this a replacement drive or an existing drive that you are trying to reinstall from? Was there any monkeying about in the case? What was the problem requiring a reinstall?

Title: Re: an error message tell me there no hard drive a
Post by: homer on June 03, 2006, 01:16:39 PM

on top of gx1_man's questions, what type of hd do u have? SATA or IDE? also, does ur motherboard have multiple IDE slots? and if possible could u tell us the make/model of the motherboard.

Title: Re: an error message tell me there no hard drive a
Post by: GX1_Man on June 03, 2006, 01:20:12 PM

20  gig would not be SATA.  ;)

Title: Re: an error message tell me there no hard drive a
Post by: homer on June 03, 2006, 10:37:29 PM

...my bad  :-[