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Slave HD frustration

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carbomad

Discussion Starter · Mar 21, 2004

Forewarning... Not a TECH! Really frustrated at this end... Have Gateway 1.4GHz PIV with 60GB ATA 100 HD, other bells + whistles... Recently installed Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 30GB UATA / 133 as slave (desig "F" drive) when problems got the better of me on my 60GB. Thought I formatted & partitioned as per install disk. Initial reboot read Maxtor as "F". (Had "D" and "E" - CD and CDRW). Transferred number of files from "C" to "F" (o.k., I thought). Reformatted "C" and reloaded WinME. Now can't read slave 30GB. BIOS shows Primary IDE as my 60GB Quantum and Primary slave as Maxtor 30GB. Would like to recover files (downloaded sample shareware data recovery program - recovered files <64Kb, so I know they exist) prior to trying to reinstall slave HD again. Anyone know how I can get my system to recognize 30GB HD? Sys Properties Device Mgr shows "Disk Drive" and "Generic IDE Disc Type 47" ("no letter" and "C" designations). BTW - Have Norton 2003 AV loaded - do I need to take off in the interim (does it interfere with reloads)? Thanks much for any assistance!!

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carbomad

Discussion Starter · #4 · Mar 24, 2004

Hello rugrat! Thanks for your response as well as raybro. Sorry I haven't gotten back sooner... Lots going on...

Looked at the config.sys file; already shows "lastdrive=z". The computer isn't seeing it as anything though. Control Panel-System-Device Mgr-Disk Drives shows one drive as "drive". Tab the properties and settings shows no letter designated for the drive. The other drive is labeled as Generic IDE Disc Type 47 - and is designated "C" in the settings tab for the properties of that drive.
I trust raybro's view as well; but my windows ME explorer shows just the "C" drive and then my CD-R as "D" and CD-RW as "E". Does this mean I didn't properly format the Maxtor 30GB drive I put in as the slave? I thought I followed the CD instructions exactly. I'm pretty much at the point now where maybe I should just give up on the stuff I saved on the Maxtor earlier, and just wipe both drives and start over again. What do you think?

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