Is it possible that Maxtor hard drive Dead On Arrival?

[ByteMe]

It's 160GB and when it is used with the adapter cars that was included all 160GB is supposed to be reconized, but it wouldn't even partition with the Maxtor utility.

Someone recommended using a Windows boot disk to partition. I tried it and not only would it not partition, it would reconize only 65GB of the 160GB.

Would you consider the drive dead on arrival?

Or is there something that I am missing.

Should I even trust this same model harddrive with my data?

 

[DN]

With Maxtor, anything is possible.. Call support before sending it back..

 

[ByteMe]

<< With Maxtor, anything is possible.. Call support before sending it back.. >>




Sending it back is as easy as a short drive to the local computer store.

So calling support may be a bigggg waste of time.

 

[Paulson]

Bring it back, get an exchange, and then see if the exchange works...

If it doesn't, it wasn't meant to be.

 

[WHipLAsh13]

I have had 2 maxtor drives and both went bad after less than a year. So DOA is a definate possiblity and more likely than not a probability.

 

[sharkeeper]

It sounds like a software issue, rather than a hardware one. Remember that FDISK gets crazy with large partitions. This could include the Maxtor utilities as well. Just FDISK it, reboot and format it using the /Q switch and you should have the full capacity.

If you're installing Windows 2000 or XP you should just boot from the CD and format it from there. (NTFS)

As far as Maxtor reliability, I'd say they're probably better now since they've bought Quantum and these drives are basically Quantum drives. The old Maxtors were slow and quite horrid.

Cheers!

 

[ByteMe]

<< Just FDISK it, reboot and format it using the /Q switch and you should have the full capacity.

>>



It won't FDISK! Not even with the Maxtor utility!

That sucks!

 

[Paulson]

So you've tried Fdisk w/out the maxtor utility (because I'm uncertain right now.)

 

[sharkeeper]

<< It won't FDISK! Not even with the Maxtor utility! >>



What happens? Errors? Machine crashes? Owls of Transylvania wake up and screech loud enough to crack the plaster?

Cheers!

 

[Windogg]

Download Powermax and run a test on the drive. The utility is like IBM DFT. I've had one drive arrive DOA but I suspect it was UPS' fault since the box looked like it was shipped from California to Masschusetts via downtown Kabul.

If your retailer won't exchange it, call Maxtor. They have a very good technical support staff and will cross ship a drive. If allthe right steps are done, you can have a new drive by Tuesday.

Windogg

 

[ByteMe]

<< So you've tried Fdisk w/out the maxtor utility (because I'm uncertain right now.) >>



Yes.

I'm using Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 PCI card.

When booting the computer just hangs at the Windows 98 screen.

It doesn't hang when Windows is in "safe mode".





I'm trying to use it as a "storage drive". Windows is on another hardrive.

 

[ByteMe]

anyone?

 

[ndee]

<< Download Powermax and run a test on the drive. The utility is like IBM DFT. I've had one drive arrive DOA but I suspect it was UPS' fault since the box looked like it was shipped from California to Masschusetts via downtown Kabul.
>>


ROTFL

 

[CQuinn]

I've never had a slow or horrid Maxtor drive, and I've owned at least one out of every major
generation since the early 90's.
I think that drive is still a Maxtor built unit. The new Quantum design out is the D740X.

Dead on Arrival (to me) would mean the drive does not work at all, but this also might be more
than a simple configuration issue.

I'm not familiar with the ATA-133 card that comes with the drive, but it should have so boot up
config you can check to see if it is recognizing the card properly. And get an idea of what
settings it thinks are available for the card.

What version of windows are you running? Were there any drivers for the ATA card that you
needed to load for it? If so, are there any updates on the (promise?) web site?

When Windows is in safe mode, does it see the drive in Device Manager?

Did you try making a smaller partition to start off? To see if that would work?

 

[Bleep]

Do you realize that the adapter card will be seen as a scssi device?? It may not even be seeing the card.
Bleep