Re: Unreadable hdd after XP re-installation

From: WinGuy (no_spam_at_nomail.bot)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:48:43 GMT

 "MaKhosi" <MaKhosi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
 news:9F52B414-9227-41E5-8D16-6FE7FA32114A@microsoft.com...
> Situation: pc was slow, so I decided to reformat the 40Gb hdd (where the
> OS
> was), and so moved all my documents and other files to another hdd of
> 160Gb.
> I reformatted. I re-installed Windows XP Pro on the 40Gb. I could not see
> the
> 160 anymore. In Computer Management it says the disk is UNREADABLE, which
> had
> me downloading an app to check its integrity. Disk was fine. Apparently
> it's
> a problem with corruption or I/O errors on part of the disk, which is
> plausible but unlikely (I hope...). The disk is a Maxtor 6Y10P0, 160Gb,
> dynamic. Due to risk of HUGE data loss imminent, I.. well... NEED HELP!!
> AAAARG!

I'm told this should not be necessary in XP SP1 and greater, but I'm not
sure if I agree with what I was told. In any case it certainly will not hurt
to try this.

Please download and use the "big drive" registry modification utility from
Maxtor from here ...
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.3c67e325e0a6b1f6294198b091346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads/ATA%20Hard%20Drives&downloadID=11

Then reboot and then reformat the 160 Gigs HDD again.

The utility will have no effect if your drive has a SCSI interface. In that
case you must have a SCSI Card that supports big drives.

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