Re: Can't format 200 GB Maxtor SATA drive with Windows XP

Delete the Maxtor MaxBlast software, make sure the PCI SATA
card is installed and working properly using device manager.
Be sure it is set to run the correct setting for a single
drive, not a RAID.

Then try the format command using the disk management
function of XP. Right click My Computer, select manage,
then Storage/Disk Management.


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"Lucas Partridge" <lwp@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Thanks for the advice. I followed your instructions and
the format
| within diskpart reported 100% completion without any
errors. I then
| reconnected the IDE drive and rebooted into XP. However
when I clicked
| on drive F: (the SATA drive) it behaved exactly as before:
This drive is
| not formatted. When I let it format it for me I got the
same old error
| as before: Windows was unable to complete the format.
|
| To be honest I'm not sure why the format in the disk
repair part of the
| XP setup CD should be any different to the format in the
normal part of
| the setup, so I'm curious as to why you think your
solution would work
| (although at least it said it completed the format without
problems!).
|
| Just in case I also tried setting EnableBigLba = 1 in the
registry as
| Bob Harris had suggested, but that's made no difference
either.
|
| Any more ideas please? Thanks for your help.
| Lucas.
|
| Andrew E. wrote:
| > Try this,unplug C: drive,unplug the IDE cable,leaving
SATA and youre cdrom.
| > Boot to BIOS,set to boot to cdrom,in cd boot,press F6
load drivers,then at
| > info
| > page,select repair,you shouldnt be prompted for
password,its enter key if
| > you are,
| > then type:DiskPart In DiskPart,create a partition,then
press Esc key,then
| > type:
| > FORMAT C: /FS:ntfs When its thru,type:EXIT Shutoff
computer,reatach IDE
| > drives,start-up computer.The SATA drive is now ready
for use...
| >
| > "Lucas Partridge" wrote:
| >
| >
| >>Hi,
| >>
| >>I've got a new Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200 GB SATA hard
drive, model
| >>6B200MO, and I want to use it as an additional drive in
my PC. I don't
| >>want to make it my bootable drive. I already have
Windows XP Home newly
| >>installed on a separate Western Digital IDE drive.
| >>
| >>My motherboard is quite old: Micro-Star International
MS-6330 K7TPro2
| >>with a VIA KT133 chipset. I'm using AWARD BIOS W6330VMS
v3.6 100702 (the
| >>latest version I could download from MSI's website).
Because the
| >>motherboard is old I had to get a PCI controller card to
recognise the
| >>Maxtor drive. I got a Silicon Image SIL-3112 SATA card
and am using the
| >>Sil 3112 SATARaid Controller driver v1.0.0.51
(downloaded from Windows
| >>Update).
| >>
| >>The Western Digital drive is jumpered as the master
drive and is
| >>connected to the primary IDE controller on the
motherboard (using the
| >>terminal black connector on the IDE cable). The Maxtor
drive is
| >>connected to the SATA controller card.
| >>
| >>I downloaded Maxtor's setup software MaxBlast 4.0 for
Windows and used
| >>that to partition and format the new drive. I had to do
this before
| >>Windows would list the drive in Windows Explorer. When I
click on the
| >>drive in Explorer I'm told it's not formatted but when I
do choose to
| >>format it there and then I get the following error:
| >>
| >>"Windows was unable to complete the format."
| >>
| >>This happens whether I use the quick or the full format.
Disk Management
| >>shows the drive to be healthy but I can't format it
there either: "The
| >>format did not complete successfully."
| >>
| >>I tried jumpering the Western Digital drive as Master
with Slave but the
| >>BIOS reported "Primary master hard disk fail" so I
removed the jumper as
| >>it was before.
| >>
| >>Maxtor's diagnostic utility PowerMax v4.21 reports no
problems with the
| >>Maxtor drive: I've done a low level format writing
zeroes to the disk
| >>several times but that doesn't cure the problem.
| >>
| >>Originally I had tried installing XP directly on the
Maxtor drive but XP
| >>setup also failed with "Setup was unable to format the
partition. The
| >>disk may be damaged... blah, blah." I did press F6
during setup to load
| >>the Sil 3112 Raid driver.
| >>
| >>Interestingly Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility List
(HCL) doesn't
| >>include model 6B200MO among its list of compatible
hardware
|
>>(http://www.microsoft.com/windows/catalog/default.aspx?subID=22&xslt=search&qu=diamondmax+10&scope=1&btnSearch=Go).
| >>
| >>Please can someone help here? Many thanks.
| >>


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