Re: XP SP2, 250 GIG Maxtor, A7N8X-E DLX, have to enable LBA support, if upgrade / fresh install claims unpartitioned

[neil]

So how have you partitioned and formatted the drive. It may be you just need
to go to disk management and create a partition then format the drive and
assign a drive letter. (if it doesn't do it for you)

all the best
Neil
"Arthur Rosene" > wrote in message
...
> XP SP2, 250 GIG Maxtor, have to enable LBA support, if upgrade or fresh
> install
> HD claimed "unpartitioned"
>
> motherboard - Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe.
>
> latest bios
>
> thanks ! please help. this is insanity. loss of data is bad.
>
>
>
>

[Nathan McNulty]

Well you didn't really explain the problem or what you want to do
clearly. Maybe a more clear post would help. From what I see written,
I think you are saying you have a 250 GB Maxtor drive that is either not
showing the full size or is not working properly.

With your follow up explaining what the problem is and what you would
like, please also include what you see in Disk Management (Right click
on My Computer, click Manage, click Disk Management).

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Nathan McNulty


Arthur Rosene wrote:
> and lose all data every re-installation ?
>
> i partitioned the drive with maxblast 3 for windows (maxtor)
>
>
>
> "neil" (remove_s)> wrote:
>
>>So how have you partitioned and formatted the drive. It may be you just need
>>to go to disk management and create a partition then format the drive and
>>assign a drive letter. (if it doesn't do it for you)
>>
>>all the best
>>Neil
>>"Arthur Rosene" > wrote in message
...
>>
>>>XP SP2, 250 GIG Maxtor, have to enable LBA support, if upgrade or fresh
>>>install
>>>HD claimed "unpartitioned"
>>>
>>>motherboard - Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe.
>>>
>>>latest bios
>>>
>>>thanks ! please help. this is insanity. loss of data is bad.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

[Nathan McNulty]

Reinstalling Windows should not wipe out or alter any data on this drive
since you are not installing Windows to this drive. I am curious as to
why it would wipe out the drive during the reinstall of Windows. Did
you select it to be formatted or are you saying that after installing XP
again, it fails to see anything on the drive that you know was there
before reinstalling XP?

Also, I think you are trying to say EZ-BIOS, not EZ-Drive. This is
where your problem may really come in. The only reason to use this
would be if your BIOS does not recognize the full size of the hard
drive. If this is the case, then use it. If not, get rid of it. Here
are the instructions on how to do that (Read Carefully):
http://maxtor.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/maxtor.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=522&p_created=988320874&p_sid=LuQjbakh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX 3Jvd19jbnQ9MTI2JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9c2VhcmNoX25sJnB fcHJvZF9sdmwxPTMzJnBfcHJvZF9sdmwyPSZwX2NhdF9sdmwxP TgzJnBfY2F0X2x2bDI9JnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=

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Nathan McNulty

Arthur Rosene wrote:
> its NTFS, healthy, primary partition even though if i reinstall it gets wiped
> and must be prepared using maxtors software. some report about EZ-Drive wont
> allow partition magic to do it if its connected, wiped, (during reinstall).
> maxtor's software branded it as a primary partition. all i'd hope for is that
> i could use 250gb and not lose the single partition on a xp sp2 install. that
> includes upgrade method -- gets wiped.
>
> i have a feeling i have to disconnect the drive from now on and run
> "enable_large_drive.exe" from maxtor then reconnect. i would not mind
> partitioning it into 2 if i did not have to do this.
>
> ?
>
> oh, and its supposed to be a backup drive.. there is no operating system on
> it.
>
>
>
> Nathan McNulty > wrote:
>
>>Well you didn't really explain the problem or what you want to do
>>clearly. Maybe a more clear post would help. From what I see written,
>>I think you are saying you have a 250 GB Maxtor drive that is either not
>>showing the full size or is not working properly.
>>
>>With your follow up explaining what the problem is and what you would
>>like, please also include what you see in Disk Management (Right click
>>on My Computer, click Manage, click Disk Management).
>>
>>----
>>Nathan McNulty
>>
>>
>>Arthur Rosene wrote:
>>
>>>and lose all data every re-installation ?
>>>
>>>i partitioned the drive with maxblast 3 for windows (maxtor)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"neil" (remove_s)> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>So how have you partitioned and formatted the drive. It may be you just need
>>>>to go to disk management and create a partition then format the drive and
>>>>assign a drive letter. (if it doesn't do it for you)
>>>>
>>>>all the best
>>>>Neil
>>>>"Arthur Rosene" > wrote in message
...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>XP SP2, 250 GIG Maxtor, have to enable LBA support, if upgrade or fresh
>>>>>install
>>>>>HD claimed "unpartitioned"
>>>>>
>>>>>motherboard - Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe.
>>>>>
>>>>>latest bios
>>>>>
>>>>>thanks ! please help. this is insanity. loss of data is bad.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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