i have a maxtor 80gb firewire hd (thanks hotdeals and staples
) running off a maxtor 1394 controller card. i also just purchased a maxtor 80gb ide hd on the staples deal again, and in formatting the new hd through xp start up, i accidentally deleted the firewire drive and can't get it back at all. i am not asking for the data back, its nothing i can't replace, but i can not get the drive to format or recognize now.
when running format in explorer, it will not be able to complete format, in both quick format and regular format.
when i go through disk management, and repartition the space, i cannot get it to format either, although it will format all the way to 99%, then fail at the very end.
when going back through the xp setup to format and partition, then install xp, it will not recognize the drive - it will show it as able to be partitioned and setup, but when i go to set up xp on it just to get it to format, it will not go, giving me this message:
'your computers startup prog cannot gain access to the disk containing the partition or free space you chose. setup cannot install xp on this hard disk
this lack of access is not necessarily indicative of an error cond., for example disks attached to a scsi adapter that wasn't installed by tyour pc manu. or a secondary hd controller are typically not visible to the startup program unless special software is used.
on x86 based pcs, this message may indicate a prob. w/ CMOS drive type settings. see disk controller doc. for more info....
no utilities program can diagnose anything wrong with it, mainly because the drive isn't formatted, so those are no help.
the firewire controller says it is working fine through device manager and there are no newer drivers that i can find for it.
i really don't think this drive is fried, as it was working perfectly fine before i accidentally deleted it, so any other help would be greatly appreciated
thanks in advance!
) running off a maxtor 1394 controller card. i also just purchased a maxtor 80gb ide hd on the staples deal again, and in formatting the new hd through xp start up, i accidentally deleted the firewire drive and can't get it back at all. i am not asking for the data back, its nothing i can't replace, but i can not get the drive to format or recognize now.when running format in explorer, it will not be able to complete format, in both quick format and regular format.
when i go through disk management, and repartition the space, i cannot get it to format either, although it will format all the way to 99%, then fail at the very end.
when going back through the xp setup to format and partition, then install xp, it will not recognize the drive - it will show it as able to be partitioned and setup, but when i go to set up xp on it just to get it to format, it will not go, giving me this message:
'your computers startup prog cannot gain access to the disk containing the partition or free space you chose. setup cannot install xp on this hard disk
this lack of access is not necessarily indicative of an error cond., for example disks attached to a scsi adapter that wasn't installed by tyour pc manu. or a secondary hd controller are typically not visible to the startup program unless special software is used.
on x86 based pcs, this message may indicate a prob. w/ CMOS drive type settings. see disk controller doc. for more info....
no utilities program can diagnose anything wrong with it, mainly because the drive isn't formatted, so those are no help.
the firewire controller says it is working fine through device manager and there are no newer drivers that i can find for it.
i really don't think this drive is fried, as it was working perfectly fine before i accidentally deleted it, so any other help would be greatly appreciated
thanks in advance!
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